Megalodon not as big as we once thought!

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(06-26-2022, 11:43 PM)Semyon Wrote: the point is GHC-6 is not an outlier because there are other teeth comparably sized from various parts of the world even available to museums, so 20 m is a natural max size for cold water megs.

You seem remarkably confused about the definition of "outlier" in this context despite the fact that I have highlighted in black the sentence that removes all doubts about it.

"Outlier" refers to something "anomalous", out of the ordinary and out of the ordinary and consequently in the world of animals any individual who is significantly larger than the average of the species is considered as "exceptionally large".
Obviously you think that outlier refers only and exclusively to an envied person who is the greatest of all but no, it doesn't work like that. Since "outlier" means "anomalous, exceptionally large" any megalodon that reaches or allegedly exceeds what is considered the maximum size of the species is considered "outlier". Therefore, there can be more than one outlier. 
GHC-6 is, therefore, an outlier since it is estimated to have reached the maximum length for a megalodon.
Obviously there can be more than one outlier, I always give the example of leopards because it is convenient for me: 90-100 kg is considered the maximum barrier for these cats and we have some that have overcome it.

-90.72 kg male from Kruger
-91 kg male from Iran
-92.5 male from Aberdares
-95 kg male from
Khomas Regions in Namibia
-96.5 male from Valencia, Namibia
- 96 kg male shot on the aberdare mountaina in the 1960s 
- c. 98 kg Male from North Iran
+ an unconfirmed 90+ kg Vin diesel and an alleged 108 kg baited Namibian leopard that probs weighed between 90 - 100 kg empty

All of these leopards are outliers since they reached what is considered to be the benchmark for the size limit of this species.
The same applies to Megalodon, ghc-6 is an outlier, but this doesn't mean that there can't be other outliers of the same or maybe even slightly bigger size.

Any megalodon of 20 m long is an outlier, aka "exceptionally large". And of course, more than 1 megalodon surely reached this size. 

Outlier =/= largest individual ever
Outlier = any individual that reaches what is considered to be the max size Reply