>>5024872 (OP)
These things freak me out for some reason. Apparently there are some palaeontologists that think that megalodon might have looked more like a basking shark than a great white
>>5025323 >the only evidence we have of this giant shark existing is a huge jaw with a shit load of huge teeth >we have also found a shit load of those huge teeth on their own that match the ones that came out of that jaw >the specific jaw and teeth shape are extremely close to an extant species >it probably didn't look anything like it
Some paleontologists probably believe early hominids rode dinosaurs, but it doesn't make them correct either.
>>5025447
We don't have megalodon jaws actually. We only have their teeth and some vertebrae. We don't actually know what their dentition was like at all.
>>5024872 (OP) >I didn't know basking sharks could close their mouth
this is a misconception a bunch of people seem to have. why wouldnt they? are people mixing them up with giant sunfish?