Does the megalodon still exists?

Question

People suspect this giant prehistoric shark still lives in the pacific Ocean.

Answer 1

I was going to pass on this one but the responses changed my mind. First of all, megalodon was (hopefully) an ancient shark that went away about 1.6 million years and first appeared around 25 million years. The name means Big (very big) Tooth and is well deserved as they measure up to 6.6 inches. A Great Whites teeth teeth are considerably smaller and the bid G. White is considered to be about 20 feet where the best estimate for Megaladon is between 45 and 50 feet. It's unlikely anything that size could hide all the physical evidence of it's existence; giant squid were known from sucker marks on whales that tried to eat them before any were actually caught, and something like that would have to have quite an appetite. The only place likely would be the deepest parts of the ocean trenches which would not be a likely place for them. I doubt that they survived much past the five million year mark. As for proving it's extinction, there is a truism I learned in geology class: you can only prove a positive but not a negative. Just ask the coelacanth.

Answer 2

Who can say? Take the case of the giant squid. Specimens have been found over 60 feet in length, with eyes as big as garbage can lids. We know they exist only because they wash up on a beach from time to time, but no one has ever seen one living in the wild. And, we don't know if those found are adults. Perhaps these sea creatures were the impetus behind the tales of the sea serpents and sea monsters.

Space is not the final frontier. The deepest ocean trenches, which are an extremely large portion of the planet as a whole, have never been visited. There are undoubtedly species there unknown to modern science. Several new species have been discovered on marine expeditions for that purpose as well as those discovered as an adjunct to other exploration, such as in the search for the "Titanic."

Not long ago, a psilocanthe (spelled wrong I'm sure) was discovered alive and well when previously determined to have been extinct for at least 50,000 to over 200,000 years.

Does the megalodon still exist? The jury is still out on that one, and will be for quite some time I should think.

Answer 3

your concept is punctiliously incorrect. The megalodon existed thousands and thousands of years in the past in prehistoric circumstances. secondly, we've the technologies to flow to the indoors maximum places, the indoors maximum place is the Mariana Trench which has been reached back interior the 1960's for the 1st time. after that there has been 2 different circumstances the dive has been made with unmanned vessels. thirdly, to respond to concerning to the enormous squid, sperms whales prey on the enormous squids, and our wide-spread sized sharks that stay on the instant can prey on the smaller or youthful extensive squids...So NO, the megalodon does no longer exist

Answer 4

probably not, since you are using its scientific name to describe it.

if it were here today, it would be called "Giant..something" or Big or Great

Answer 5

Not very likely. But 'we' have been known to be wrong before.

Answer 6

Nope. sorry

Answer 7

http://www.elasmoresearch.org/education/evolution/megalodon_lves.htm

http://www.ask.com/web?q=Does+the+megalodon+still+exists%3F&qsrc=0&o=333&l=dir

Answer 8

Not if it's a dinosaur.