FAST FACTS ABOUT MEGALODON
Who is Megalodon related to? 7. And may have disabled them by biting off their fins.
According to at least one analysis, Megalodon's hunting style differed from that of modern Great White Sharks. Whereas Great Whites dive straight toward their prey's soft tissue (say, a carelessly exposed underbelly), Megalodon's teeth were suited to biting through tough cartilage, and there's some evidence that it may have swim away) before first sheared off its victim's fins (rendering it unable to lunging in for the final kill.
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“lamnoid” shark related to modern makos, porbeagles, great whites, and many extinct species. Scientists debate if Megalodon is directly related to the great white shark or if it was an evolutionary “deadend”. Why did Megalodon become extinct?
8. Megalodon's closest living relative is the Great White Shark.
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