“Where do large fish live?” asked one scientist to the other as their lines bobbed on the surface of the Florida Keys water. They were fishing – more like waiting for the fish to show up to be fished – and this casual question was posed to pass the time. What came out of it as not just a thought-provoking conversation but a paper that revolved around the very large size of one of the biggest “baddies” to ever roam our oceans.
Chances are you’ve heard of the Otodus megalodon shark, commonly portrayed in films as a gigantic monster of a shark that terrorizes Jason Statham and his crew. (“The Meg” fans can rejoice: filming has begun for the second movie starring Statham and this prehistoric behemoth.) A recent study reveals no one still knows what the Megalodon really looked like and DePaul University shark researchers say the mystery makes paleontology an exciting scientific field. Those same scientists have discovered something else that is quite peculiar about this extinct shark: it grew larger in cooler waters than warmer environments.
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Chances are you’ve heard of the Otodus megalodon shark, commonly portrayed in films as a gigantic monster of a shark that terrorizes Jason Statham and his crew. (“The Meg” fans can rejoice: filming has begun for the second movie starring Statham and this prehistoric behemoth.) A recent study reveals no one still knows what the Megalodon really looked like and DePaul University shark researchers say the mystery makes paleontology an exciting scientific field. Those same scientists have discovered something else that is quite peculiar about this extinct shark: it grew larger in cooler waters than warmer environments.
https://www-forbes-com.cdn.ampproje...aters-to-thank-for-super-sized-megalodon/amp/