The first manned exploration occurred in 1960 when the bathyscaphe "Trieste" descended into the Western Pacific Ocean with two people, Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh, to 35,797 feet . That said, I think a lot of the reports of Megalodon are really just that - the people saw them. I like to think fishermen know the difference between a whale shark and something else, but you never know what they really saw. As for what it eats probably squid, tunia, and maybe whales. View our online Press Pack. Around 3.5 million years ago, Megalodon was gone. Deep-sea creatures like the Lanternfish are likely way too small to sustain a Megalodon Shark. She says the creature would have eaten large prey such as whales and other sharks, but there are no reports of whales being attacked by a predator large enough to be a megalodon. 10 Different Types of Cobras (With Pictures), 10 Different Types of Crocodiles (With Pictures), 2 Different Types of Alligators (With Pictures). No large fish has even been found at these extreme depths. Researchers say their teeth are also commonly found around Australia and Morocco, though you can even find them around the UK. For one, no shark has ever been recorded living down there, let alone one as big as a Megalodon. What If We Woke Up Volcanoes to Fight Climate Change? As always you can unsubscribe at any time. I appreciate your thoughtful comments! I guess its possible, but I'd think there would need to be a fairly large number of Megalodon for that to happen. Scientists have found whale bones from more than 3.5 million years ago with the etchings of megalodon teeth in them. While certain details of the video are still unclear (such as the date it was made), the clip's descriptionmatches that of a shark filmed off the coast of Japan in 1989: In September 1989, a large female Pacific Sleeper estimated to be 23 feet (7 metres) long was filmed from the viewing ports of a submersible at a depth of 4,000 feet (1,220 metres) off Saruga Bay, Japan. cryptid (author) from USA on February 03, 2015: I don't think anyone should readily assume anything ever, especially about political candidates. Instead, he suggests the authors may have overlooked other culprits, like the modern tiger shark, which also shared similar territory to the juvenile megalodon. Megalodon Still Exists to Some Extent, Scientists Say. But this diet plan would not work for this ancient, warm-water-dwelling apex predator. When later disassembled, 2 enormous teeth were found embedded in the bodywork and were later identified as the belonging to the enormous, dangerous and questionable extinct MEGALODON. cryptid (author) from USA on May 20, 2014: I agree that is true. But we must not shrug off the fact that we still do not know a majority of our deep sea including the trench. Galloway, N.J. - Fossilized teeth and vertebrae are all that remain from the extinct Megalodon, the largest shark to have ever hunted our oceans But that was just enough for a team of paleontologists to reconstruct pieces of the prehistoric predator's life history. . 1,500 miles is also the distance between Madrid, in Spain, and Copenhagen, in Denmark.- To survive in the Mariana Trench, Megalodon would have had to adapt to the living conditions and evolve. Saying it's gone forever is just as ignorant as saying, "I can't see you, therefore you can't see me." Because sunlight doesnt reach the depth of the Mariana Trench, there isnt any photosynthesis. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Humans have a bite force of around 1,317 Newtons (N) while great white sharks have a force of 18,216N. I don't rule out the possibility that Megalodon is still with us, but if the sightings of huge sharks are to be believed it's not beyond the realm of possibility that it is a species of shark thus far undescribed by science. Science tells us that Megalodon sharks are extinct. This fact alone is enough for most researchers to conclude that Megalodon is extinct. The huge predator can be seen swimming over what seems to be an. Not so much. The ocean is a very big place and these sharks are good at hiding, we just have yet to seek them! So whats stopping it from chomping into your puny 10,700 kg (11.8 ton) submarine? The only part of the megalodon fossils that remain is the teeth. 99% of the ocean floor has yet to be discovered so if you want to get cocky and be scientific by saying they are extinct then you have to leave room for the possibility that its possible they may still exist. CMHypno from Other Side of the Sun on May 20, 2014: Interesting hub cryptid. What people report seeing could be just a very large shark of another species. What If Columbus Never Discovered America? Megalodon's maximum size is inferred because we do not actually have a whole preserved Megalodon. Is it really possible that small populations of Megalodon Sharks evolved to feed on prey in very deep water, and because of this managed to avoid extinction? No hard feeling. i think the meg lives in the ocens but maby not the mirina trench, It could have reproduced and they all stayed down there and ate the squids. What could this apex predator be hunting in the deep? Look at fish. ould Megalodon sharks still be alive in the deepest parts of the ocean? "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. The reason people typically reconstruct the megalodon as a large great white is because many thought they were related for a long time. I think that the Megalodon would have evolved to avoid life. Watch and share! This makes the ocean floor in the Mariana Trench the oldest in the world, dating back around 180 million years. To find anything close to a prey item for a 60-foot Megalodon we need to come up to around 8,000 feet, which is the deepest whales are known to dive. We know primarily about Megalodon's existence through fossilized teeth. It's a juicy bit of ancient history that has inspired a host of books, documentaries and blockbuster films, some of which like to imagine that this bloody thirsty monster is still alive today, lurking somewhere out there in the mysterious deep. For example, an image from 2016 appeared to show a 60-foot shark in Japans Suruga Bay. if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[250,250],'animalstart_com-large-leaderboard-2','ezslot_10',118,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-animalstart_com-large-leaderboard-2-0');if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[250,250],'animalstart_com-large-leaderboard-2','ezslot_11',118,'0','1'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-animalstart_com-large-leaderboard-2-0_1');.large-leaderboard-2-multi-118{border:none!important;display:block!important;float:none!important;line-height:0;margin-bottom:15px!important;margin-left:auto!important;margin-right:auto!important;margin-top:15px!important;max-width:100%!important;min-height:250px;min-width:250px;padding:0;text-align:center!important}. Like digging a hole into the Mariana Trench. It is said to have been 40 times heavier and three times longer than the largest ever great white shark. However, the giant megalodon was still around three times longer compared to the world's largest great white sharks. Sorry folks, this is impossible. Huge New Study Shows Why Exercise Should Be The First Choice in Treating Depression, A World-First Discovery Hints at The Sounds Non-Avian Dinosaurs Made, For The First Time Ever, Physicists See Molecules Form Through Quantum Tunneling. cryptid (author) from USA on May 14, 2015: Interesting thought, John. I still think that it's maybe be true. Do any sharks live in the trenches? 3. For now, megalodon is considered to be extinct. All deep-sea creatures also have molecules called piezolytes. With that logic, doesn't it merit the possibility that something that "did" exist previously still can? Nothing is impossible. Sign up to FREE email alerts with news to brighten your day. In fact, if it were still alive in the deepest point of the ocean, the Mariana trench, we would know about it at this point. cryptid (author) from USA on May 16, 2014: Sure could be another large shark. The clearly huge creature is recorded as it swims over the top of what is purported to be an abandoned shark cage. One wrote: I think they went deeper into the seas like the giant squid which is why we never see them. The most watched clip was reported to have been filmed at the bottom of the Mariana Trench and appears to show a giant shark scouring the sea floor. What If Earths Magnetic Field Disappeared? Getting bitten by this beast would feel like. Megalodon: Huge shark spotted swimming beneath boat, A huge megalodon shark swims after a pod of striped dolphins (artist's impression), Enormous 1,000lbs shark which is 12ft in length spotted swimming off shores, Shark circling Mallorca beach panics swimmers as lifeguards issue urgent warning. And how would the Mariana Trench make this apex predator more docile? As scientists study the fossil record more and more, it is becoming quite obvious that megalodons lived alongside great whites. From single celled organisms to sea creatures and more. So if our megalodon was close to its pre-historic size, it would probably be a few thousand years old. So cool. Using information about its jaw and the number of teeth in its mouth, scientists also say that it likely had one of the most powerful bite forces in animal history somewhere between 108,500 and 182,200 Newtons. Its deepest point, Challenger Deep, reaches to a depth of nearly 11,000 meters (36,000 feet or nearly 7 miles). The timing is everything. What do you say we try to survive on an Earth document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Making science accessible on social media since 2017. Far to the east, the new ocean floor is created by volcanic activity. Therefore, when the environmental changes occurred that led to the extinction of the Megalodon Shark, the population that lived at great depths continued to thrive while the sharks who lived in shallower water died off. The megalodon went extinct near the Pliocene era's end, when planet Earth went through a phase of cooling. Information we have regarding the megalodon habitat has to do with where we find its teeth. Its a question that many people ask themselves. The Mariana Trench is located in the Pacific Ocean and is the deepest known part of the world's oceans, stretching more than 11 kilometers (6. How could it withstand the immense pressure? The hadal snailfish, the deepest dwelling fish we know, has flexible cartilage instead of bones. if the megalodon is out there its gotta be in the Mariana trench, just because it was a live 200000 years ago doesn't mean its still extinct who knows it could none has had PROOF that its EXTINCT. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. Researchers compare the sparse fossil remains, which consist only of teeth and vertebrae, with living animals such as the great white shark to estimate the length of megalodon. People and megalodon live in the same era. After all, could the Megalodons have been the dolphins/apes of ancient times? According to website Exemplore: "While it may be true that Megalodon lives in the upper part of the water column over the Mariana Trench, it probably has no reason to hide in its depths. Take even the big mouth shark that wasn't even discovered until 1976 because they normally swim from 400-500 feet under water durring the day and only come up to about 100-200 ft during the night. This made megalodon around the same size as the biggest whales of its day, but much smaller than a modern blue whale, which can reach 100 feet. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. I think that the Megalodon shark still exists but not necessarily in the Mariana Trench. Eyewitness accounts are, unfortunately, biased by the knowledge and experience of the witness. With that said, we have found a few unique megalodon parts. It is an interesting idea, but unfortunately not one with any scientific merit, as of yet anyway. Megalodon teeth give us a surprising amount of information about this shark, including what it ate and what it looked like. Megalodon sharks preferred warmer waters, and if they were still alive, we could definitely see them. Unlikely. if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'animalstart_com-large-mobile-banner-1','ezslot_5',121,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-animalstart_com-large-mobile-banner-1-0'); Featured Image: Spotty11222 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The killer predator was three times longer and 40 times heavier than the largest ever recorded great white shark. In fact, does anything live at those depths? i think the Megalodon is alive and if it did live in the trench the metabolism from the lack of oxygen. And experts say there has been no reports of any whales which have been attacked by a predator large enough to be a megalodon. With a bit of luck, our hungry megalodon could even catch some juicy giant squid. So why do some people think it could still exist in the Mariana Trench and other deep places in the ocean? Is it really possible a shark could live at those depths? I think that would be a wonderful site from land to see a Megalodon shark. There's no evidence that the long-extinct megalodon shark is hiding inside the Mariana Trench. The Megalodon (Otodus megalodon), is an extinct species of shark, arguably one of the largest, if not the largest marine predator that has ever lived. The Mariana Trench megalodon would most definitely need to stock up on some of those. The Mariana Trench is a massive canyon in the Earth's crust and the deepest part of the ocean. Located in the Western Pacific, it runs for over 1,500 miles but averages only a bit more than 40 miles across. The giant shark weighed the same as five buses and was once the king of the ocean. Its skin could evolve to enable more tactile ways of feeling its way around. What is the mystery of Mariana Trench? Trench Shark Teeth Found in Arizona And how would the Mariana Trench make this apex predator more docile?Transcript and sources: https://whatifshow.com/what-if-the-megalodon-was-hiding-in-the-mariana-trench/00:00 The Apex Predator01:04 We Know More About Mars Than our Oceans02:42 How would the megalodon shark get its food?04:21 What are piezolytes?Questions or concerns? For other inquiries, Contact Us. The huge predator can be seen swimming over what seems to be an abandoned shark cage. Our depth of warm ocean knowledge is much stronger than that of the cold oceans, meaning we would have noticed a giant shark at this point. The cold temperatures of the Mariana Trench made it impossible for megalodons to live there. Even a tooth lodged in a whale or something would prove Megalodon is still around, but until we see such a thing the alleged sightings are nothing but compelling stories. One of the reasons the megamouth remained hidden from science for so long was because it is believed to exhibit a pattern of diurnal vertical migration. there is a 49% chance of a megalodon still living in the depths. Answer: Megalodon was the largest shark that ever lived, but it probably wasnt bigger than a blue whale. We know more about the surface of Mars than we do about our oceans. Take a self-e. And no photosynthesis means not much food. But I don't think it lives in the marina trench the pressure is too much!!! I won't say I think it lives in the Trench (although that's possible), but I'm convinced there are things in our oceans we know nothing about and Megalodon may be one of them. The earliest version of this video we could uncover was posted to YouTube in 2008: That version of the video stated that the footage captured a 7-meter (22-foot) Pacific sleeper shark off the coast of Japan in the SurugaBay. Humans have only traveled to the bottom of Challenger Deep twice. No, this isnt the result of All over the world, people are treating bodies of water like they are giant garbage dumps. For starters, we know that these giant sharks roamed the oceans for more than 13 million years before they went extinct around 3.5 million years ago. It's definitely not alive in the deep oceans, despite what the Discovery Channel has said in the past," notes Emma. Weighing the same as five busses, the killer predator was three times longer and 40 times heavier than the largest ever recorded great white shark. It is a forbidding landscape, and not very hospitable to a predatory shark. How did megalodon go extinct? Oxygen is essential to our survival. If the Megamouth Shark remained hidden for so long simply because it dove to 500 feet for most of the day, what chances do we have of finding a Megalodon that may live at 3,000 feet? What if there is an unknown massive superpredator that evolved to live in deep waters that can support the population of Megalodons? What if it adapted to this hostile environment, waiting for you to come by for its dinner? She said: "With its large serrated teeth megalodon would have eaten meat - most likely whales and large fish, and probably other sharks. However, Emma Bernard, curator of the National History Museums fossil fish collection, says megalodons can not be around today. Because sharks don't have bones, we will never have a full megalodon skeleton, which means we have to base the size figures on the megalodon shark teeth. ' No, not at all. Some people believe that the megalodon could live in the Mariana trench, but thats virtually impossible. US NOAA (Scot Anderson) [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons. Divisions in the Debate Over the Existence of a Megalodon in the Ocean Trench. Layers of blubber and a heating system similar to that of a great white. Past research suggests that the megalodon (Otodus megalodon) went missing 2.6 million years ago alongside a wave of marine extinction, potentially caused by a supernovathat triggered severe climate and biodiversity changes during this time. Things move and what may be there one day could be somewhere else another. In all likeliness, we'll eventually discover something just as incredible as the largest shark in existence.
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