Megalodon

Megalodon is from the Ancient Greek meaning "big tooth". from the Ancient Greek: μέγας, romanized: (mégas), lit. 'big, mighty' and ὀδούς (odoús), "tooth". The name Otodus comes from Ancient Greek ὠτ (ōt, meaning "ear") and ὀδούς (odoús, meaning "tooth") – thus, "ear-shaped tooth".

One interpretation of how Megalodon appeared was that it was a robust-looking shark and may have had a similar build to the great white shark. The jaws may have been blunter and wider than the great white, and the fins would have also been similar in shape, though thicker due to their size. It may have had a pig-eyed appearance in that it had small, deep-set eyes. Due to fragmentary remains, there have been many contradictory size estimates for megalodon, as they can only be drawn from fossil teeth and vertebrae. The great white shark has been the basis of reconstruction and size estimation, as it is regarded as the best analogue to megalodon. Several total length estimation methods have been produced by comparing megalodon teeth and vertebrae to those of the great white.

A recent study suggests that the megalodon was likely skinnier than previously thought, with a minimum length of 36.4 feet (11.1 meters). The study's authors say that the megalodon's body was leaner than the modern great white shark, and that the great white shark may not be a good modern analog for assessing certain aspects of megalodon biology.

They placed the bite force of the latter between 108,514 and 182,201 newtons (24,395 and 40,960 lbf) in a posterior bite, compared to the 18,216 newtons (4,095 lbf) bite force for the largest confirmed great white shark and 7,400 newtons (1,700 lbf) for the placoderm fish Dunkleosteus. In addition, Wroe and colleagues pointed out that sharks shake sideways while feeding, amplifying the force generated, which would probably have caused the total force experienced by prey to be higher than the estimate.

The animal faced competition from whale-eating cetaceans, such as Livyatan and other macroraptorial sperm whales, and possibly smaller ancestral killer whales. As the shark preferred warmer waters, it is thought that oceanic cooling associated with the onset of the ice ages, coupled with the lowering of sea levels and resulting loss of suitable nursery areas, may have also contributed to its decline.

Megalodon is an almost unrivaled apex predator worldwide, except for sperm whales, orcas, and livyatans.

Megalodons will stay in deeper waters unless attacking prey, but even then, they rarely enter shallow areas. They are aggressive and can swim faster than most creatures, including the survivor.

Megalodon had a cosmopolitan distribution; its fossils have been excavated from many parts of the world, including Europe, Africa, the Americas, and Australia. It most commonly occurs in tropical to temperate latitudes. Megalodon inhabited a wide range of marine environments (i.e., shallow coastal waters, areas of coastal upwelling, swampy coastal lagoons, sandy littorals, and offshore deep water environments) and exhibited a transient lifestyle. Adult megalodons were not abundant in shallow-water environments and mostly inhabited offshore areas.

• Movement Pattern: Full Migrant

• Individual Type: Solo

• Population Trend: Unspecific

• Population: 

  • Earth: 0

  • Berbania: 400

  • Reinachos: 1,000

  • Delphia: 450

• Locomotion: Aquatic

• Habitat: Pelagic Zone (Warm); Pelagic Zone (Cold); Benthic Zone; Abyssal Zone.

• Earth: 

  • Extinct: Algeria; American Samoa; Angola; Anguilla; Antarctica; Antigua and Barbuda; Argentina; Aruba; Australia; Bahamas; Bangladesh; Barbados; Belize; Benin; Bermuda; Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba; Bahrain; Brazil; British Indian Ocean Territory; Brunei Darussalam; Cabo Verde; Cambodia; Cameroon; Canada; Cayman Islands; Chile; China; Cocos Islands; Colombia; Comoros; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Cook Islands; Costa Rica; Cuba; Curaçao; Côte d'Ivoire; Denmark; Djibouti; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; Equatorial Guinea; Falkland Islands; Faroe Islands; Fiji; France; French Guiana; French Polynesia; French Southern Territories (Kerguelen); Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Gibraltar; Greenland; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guam; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Guyana; Haiti; Heard Island and McDonald Islands; Honduras; Iceland; India; Indonesia; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Jamaica; Japan; Kenya; Kiribati; Liberia; Madagascar; Malaysia; Maldives; Marshall Islands; Martinique; Mauritania; Mexico; Micronesia, Federated States of ; Monaco; Morocco; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Nauru; Netherlands; New Caledonia; New Zealand; Nicaragua; Nigeria; Niue; Northern Mariana Islands; Norway; Oman; Pakistan; Palau; Panama; Papua New Guinea; Peru; Philippines; Pitcairn; Portugal; Puerto Rico; Russian Federation; Saint Barthelemy; Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Martin (French part); Saint Pierre and Miquelon; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Samoa; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Singapore; Sint Maarten (Dutch part); Solomon Islands; Somalia; South Africa; South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; Spain; Sri Lanka; Suriname; Svalbard and Jan Mayen; Taiwan, Province of China; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Timor-Leste; Togo; Tonga; Trinidad and Tobago; Tunisia; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom; United States; United States Minor Outlying Islands; Uruguay; Vanuatu; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of; Viet Nam; Virgin Islands, British; Virgin Islands, U.S.; Wallis and Futuna; Western Sahara; Yemen

• Berbania: 

  • Extant and Introduced (Resident): Zowhringe

• Reinachos: 

  • Extant and Introduced (Resident): worldwide

• Delphia: 

  • Extant and Introduced (Resident): worldwide

• Sawintir: 

  • Extant and Introduced (Resident): worldwide

Megalodon pups have now been tamed by feeding using meat or fish meat, making them trust and pet.

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