Megalodon+Shark+mc113

=Megalodons= By: Marissa Chappell

Megalodons where a prehistorical shark. Megalodon means "giant tooth".
==They where about 40 feet long and 2 times the size of a great white. They looked like a huge version of a great white. There diet consisted of mostly whales they also ate seals and sea lions. They lived roughly 200 years ago, in the 1900's. Many people tried to kill these vicious creatures.==

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==They had teeth up to 20 inches. In general, sharks eat about 5 percent of the body weight a day.They only kill about 6 people a year.Sharks have been around for 300 years. Sharks Are A Minor Threat!! Sharks are made up of cartage. Most sharks can swim 20 to 40 m/h. == == Consumed as much as 2,500 pounds of food per day. They where in the Cenozoic Era. The largest tooth ever discovered measured 7.25 inches inslant length. No one knows why Megalodon went extinct. They == == lived at the same time of the T-Rex. Humans were not alive when they were alive. People found these sharks in the Gulf of Mexico. ==

= There teeth were all different colors. Shark teeth can identify body size. They bit fins off other animals. Chow down on prey with 10.8 tons and 18. There teeth were serrated and heart shaped. Most likely had “nurseries” closer to shore = = =


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