The 'Jaws' shark was 20 feet long in the book and 25 feet long in the movie. Could a shark this big be swimming off Georgia's shore?

Toothy clues: This extinct species (Carcharocles megalodon) left us a fossil record that consists mostly of isolated teeth – some of which are up to 7 inches long.

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When Did Carcharocles megalodon Become Extinct? A New Analysis of the Fossil Record Object Details Author Pimiento, Catalina Clements, Christopher F. Citation Pimiento, Catalina and Clements, ...

But don't worry, its diet is zoo plankton. The largest shark to ever exist (but is luckily extinct) is the Megalodon, also known as the Giant Megatooth.

6. Megalodon: The Quintessential Ocean Predator Carcharocles (Carcharodon) megalodon. Image by Gunnar Ries Amphibol, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Long before the great white shark, the oceans ...

Megalodon teeth are the largest of all shark species. With teeth that can measure up to the size of a human hand, it is easy to imagine just how enormous these ancient sharks were. However, there ...

New science has flipped the script on what the megalodon really ate to fulfill its massive diet of 100,000 calories per day. Video transcript New Science has flipped the script on what the ...

Megalodon Sharks Were Prehistoric Nightmares. Why Did They Go Extinct? Research suggests megalodons were more svelte and less agile hunters that got outcompeted By Aylin Woodward Share ...