There is a world somewhere between reality and fiction. Although ignored by many, it is very real and so are those living in it. This forum is about the natural world. Here, wild animals will be heard and respected. The forum offers a glimpse into an unknown world as well as a room with a view on the present and the future. Anyone able to speak on behalf of those living in the emerald forest and the deep blue sea is invited to join.
Well, @GuateGojira has magistrally answered in my place. What could I add ? I didn't want to make you angry or to cast doubt systematically what you tell. I only ask a few questions, always the same... You say that the biggest megalodon specialists think as you do. Perhaps yes, but I don't care of their assertions and stay with my doubts.
Of course this video seems to be ridiculous in your opinion. It isn't a scientific video of course, it has no one scientific value, but I find it good made. With little means, we just feel sperm whale's and shark's skins. Very realistic, I have even a deeper appreciation as concerns these videos about dinosaurs and terrestrial animals. But that 's an other subject.
About megalodons I always only stated on this: they were cartilaginous fishs. So in other words, no one possible fossilization of the bones, except the teeth. And about teeth what can we do ? To compare them with the actual tiger and white shark's teeth. And to make or estimate a volume ratio. And from that, estimating the megalodon's weight. Simple isn't it ? No because we don't stop reading some extrapolations, some always growing extrapolations could I say. I just say it changes everything according to whether the meg weighed 20 or 65 tons (your last estimation). In the first case, the megalodon had to sustain a competition with other huge predators, in the second case it completely destroyd the concurrency. You're seemingly adopting this last hypothesis, adult megalodon was invincible. And not an indolent shark as you told in a previous thread. OK ! How, in this case, this specy could have been roaming so much time, 20 millions years, inside oceans ? I only see one possible explanation: megalodons were extraordinary scarce. An invincible predator systematically killing big preys and other big predators cannot have a geological duration of life (look upon us ! We are quickly going towards our extinction with our actual bullshit) except because of its extrem scarcity.
So, what was the limitating factor of its population ? Extremely low rate of reproduction ? Perhaps... A worm is in the fruit.
Why would I get angry?? We were having a nice, friendly discussion about megalodon, thats all. No big deal. At the end of the day, you have the right to your opinion. If you don't agree with me, thats fine.
But once again, I never said the megalodon was "invincible", not once. I already told you that I think a whole pod of Livyatan whales were capable of defeating or withstanding the shark. One-on-one, its a totally different story.
A recent article (June 27, 2023) was published about the possible reason for megalodon going extinct:
"But the shark’s voracious appetite may have also spelled the species’ ultimate doom. Gigantism has a high metabolic cost, says UCLA marine biogeochemist Robert Eagle: Bigger bodies require more food, and the massive sharks may have been particularly vulnerable to extinction when the climate changed and food became scarcer."
As for the other stuff about megalodon, have you read the actual studies I posted? Do you know why the marine scientists came to that conclusion about megalodon? And why do you think they're wrong?
