Not a fan of Shark Week. Never was. Watched a few shows years ago and they really made me laugh. Like the one of the giant shark that’s supposedly still around - megalodon.
Submarine, the Shark Week Mockumentary that marked Shark Week's transition from Science to Entertainment. If I watch it now, I just turn the sound off so I don't have to listen to the BS they're spouting.
Keeps me from running into the kitchen to grab my bottle of Brioschi to ward off a severe case of agita...
Submarine, the Shark Week Mockumentary that marked Shark Week's transition from Science to Entertainment. If I watch it now, I just turn the sound off so I don't have to listen to the BS they're spouting.
Keeps me from running into the kitchen to grab my bottle of Brioschi to ward off a severe case of agita...
Yes that’s the one. Hot garbage and junk science.
I agree, I will admit that I'm mesmerized watching those giant great white sharks launching themselves clear of the water.
John
How bout this one…
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[HEADING=2]Giant sharks once roamed the seas, feasting on huge meals[/HEADING]
At around 50 feet from nose to tail, the megalodon was bigger than a school bus.
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By MADDIE BURAKOFF August 17, 2022
This illustration provided by J. J. Giraldo depicts a 52-foot Otodus megalodon shark ready to eat a 26-foot Balaenoptera whale in the Pliocene epoch, between 5.4 million and 2.4 million years ago. At background right, a 13-foot Carcharodon shark seizes an 8-foot juvenile of the whale pod. J. J. Giraldo via Associated Press
NEW YORK — Today’s sharks have nothing on their ancient cousins. A giant shark that roamed the oceans millions of years ago could have devoured a creature the size of a killer whale in just five bites, new research suggests.
For their study published Wednesday, researchers used fossil evidence to create a 3D model of the megalodon — one of the biggest predatory fish of all time — and find clues about its life.
At around 50 feet from nose to tail, the megalodon was bigger than a school bus, according to the [study in the journal Science Advances]('http://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abm9424?adobe_mc=MCMID%3D45317861203785523220053696403315315693%7CMCORGID%3D242B6472541199F70A4C98A6%2540AdobeOrg%7CTS%3D1660658227&_ga=2.220982928.924917015.1660569137-903152715.1659375358'). That’s about two to three times the size of today’s great white shark. The megalodon’s gaping jaw allowed it to feed on other big creatures. Once it filled its massive stomach, it could roam the oceans for months at a time, the researchers suggest.
The megalodon was a strong swimmer, too: Its average cruising speed was faster than sharks today and it could have migrated across multiple oceans with ease, they calculated.
“It would be a superpredator just dominating its ecosystem,” said co-author John Hutchinson, who studies the evolution of animal movement at England’s Royal Veterinary College. “There is nothing really matching it.”
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This photo provided by the Florida Museum of Natural History shows a reconstructed jaw of Carcharocles megalodon, an extinct species of shark that lived about 23 million to 2.6 million years ago. Eric Zamora/Florida Museum of Natural History via Associated Press
It’s been tough for scientists to get a clear picture of the megalodon, said study author Catalina Pimiento, a paleobiologist with the University of Zurich and Swansea University in Wales.
The skeleton is made of soft cartilage that doesn’t fossilize well, Pimiento said. So the scientists used what few fossils are available, including a rare collection of vertebrae that’s been at a Belgium museum since the 1860s.
Researchers also brought in a jaw’s worth of megalodon teeth, each as big as a human fist, Hutchinson said. Scans of modern great white sharks helped flesh out the rest.
Based on their digital creation, researchers calculated that the megalodon would have weighed around 70 tons, or as much as 10 elephants.
Even other high-level predators may have been lunch meat for the megalodon, which could open its jaw to almost 6 feet wide, Pimiento said.
Megalodons lived an estimated 23 million to 2.6 million years ago.
Since megalodon fossils are rare, these kinds of models require a “leap of imagination,” said Michael Gottfried, a paleontologist at Michigan State University who was not involved in the study. But he said the study’s findings are reasonable based on what is known about the giant shark.
Jesus H..........
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Interesting as they don't cite the most famous, senior, and well respected woman shark expert, Valerie Taylor. Anyone who has even a modest interest in sharks, especially "Whitey", has come across her either by publications or videos...
You'd think folks criticizing Shark Week would focus on the Discovery Channel's ploy of "Mocumentaries" like "Submarine". People watch these, don't see the fine print that flash on the screen for 4 microseconds, and actually believe that rot. In light of that sort of frequent transgression, too many "Mike Honkeys" pales in comparison!!
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watching??? it now with maureen,,,,,,,,,,,,maureen loves the show,,,,,,,,,,,only thing we can do now,,,,, raining downpours here now,,,,,,,,,,and the wind :eek:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,[COLOR=rgb(26, 188, 156)] ><))))):>
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watching??? it now with maureen,,,,,,,,,,,,maureen loves the show,,,,,,,,,,,only thing we can do now,,,,, raining downpours here now,,,,,,,,,,and the wind :eek:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,[COLOR=rgb(26, 188, 156)] ><))))):>
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Storms?
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it would be nice if it would stop the bozos who drag the shark up the beach, take photos while stretching the snout back to show the teeth better, etc. etc.
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