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 #1211062


Mikael
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 Fact Or Fiction??

Who Here Believes In The Carcharadon Megalodon??
a 60-80 foot MEGA PREDATOR!!!

who says that they did not follow warm water down to the bottom of the mariana trench and stay near hydrothemal vents???

they found a tooth(NOT FOSSILIZED)!!!! that was said to be 10 to 20 thousand years old!! THATS NOTHIN!!!! ( We found coelacanths !!!! that we thought went extinct millions of years AGO!!)why cant they still be here??? we found giant qsquids??? we know they WERE real but are they still??? i have made a 8 page r3eport on what i think that i may upload later but i cant right now it will take toooo long.. i BELIEVE?? DO YOU??
03/16/07  10:34am

 #1211141


Thyroidless
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   Message To: Mikael   In reference to Message Id: 1211062


 Fact Or Fiction??

Could happen, you never know. Every once in awhile something thought to be extinct pops up again, like the prehistoric coelacanth fish. Although, the odds of this one still existing is lower because of its massive size.
03/16/07  12:08pm

 #1211763


Leira
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   Message To: Thyroidless   In reference to Message Id: 1211141


 Fact Or Fiction??

Unless it lives in the sea, I think it’s just about impossible to miss something so huge. But there are endless possibiliteis..
03/16/07  10:24pm

 #1212013


Mikael
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   Message To: Leira   In reference to Message Id: 1211763


 Fact Or Fiction??

it does live in the ocean in the mariana trench
03/17/07  08:01am

 #1213214


Leira
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   Message To: Mikael   In reference to Message Id: 1212013


 Fact Or Fiction??

Then I guess it could still be under there somewhere...
03/18/07  01:25pm

 #1215060


ROSE~BUD
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   Message To: Leira   In reference to Message Id: 1213214


 Fact Or Fiction??

the giant squids still do exist!!I watched a documentary on them on the discovery channel,u should have seen the size of some of them.One they caught on video but did not catch it,it got loose.They did how ever get one of its tentacles and I’m pretty sure it measured about 17ft.



03/19/07  10:23pm

 #1215397


Shauny
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   Message To: ROSE~BUD   In reference to Message Id: 1215060


 Fact Or Fiction??

I thought that Carcharadon Megalodon usauly measure about 20ft?



03/20/07  08:34am

 #1216565


Mikael
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   Message To: Shauny   In reference to Message Id: 1215397


 Fact Or Fiction??

no your thinkng about the great white shark.

thjis is the megalodon the great whites latin name is : Carcharodon carcharias.



03/21/07  08:11am

 #1217455


Pugmar
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   Message To: Mikael   In reference to Message Id: 1216565


 Fact Or Fiction??

Yep, the megalodon was and possibly is the greatwhites daddy, much much bigger. I think it is possible, we have only explored 1-2% of the ocean, who knows whats out there.
03/21/07  10:03pm

 #1217456


Pugmar
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   Message To: Mikael   In reference to Message Id: 1216565


 Fact Or Fiction??

Yep, the megalodon was and possibly still is the greatwhites daddy, much much bigger. I think it is possible, we have only explored 1-2% of the ocean, who knows whats out there.
03/21/07  10:03pm

 #1217738


Mikael
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   Message To: Pugmar   In reference to Message Id: 1217456


 Fact Or Fiction??

we have explored MORE then 1-2% of the ocean i think your thinking that we have explored 1-2% of TRENCHES.

little off. but close.

Mike
03/22/07  07:34am

 #1217739


Mikael
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   Message To: Pugmar   In reference to Message Id: 1217456


 Fact Or Fiction??

we have explored MORE then 1-2% of the ocean, (but not much more)(LOL) i think your thinking that we have explored 1-2% of TRENCHES. an DEEP water.

little off. but close.

Mike
03/22/07  07:35am

 #1738552


Animalfreak123
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   Message To: Mikael   In reference to Message Id: 1211062


 Fact Or Fiction??

a what?
05/17/08  07:52pm

 #1741371


Gecko boy12
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   Message To: Animalfreak123   In reference to Message Id: 1738552


 Fact Or Fiction??

its preety much a 30ft long great white shark.
05/20/08  03:22pm

 #1765046


Animalfreak123
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   Message To: Mikael   In reference to Message Id: 1211062


 Fact Or Fiction??

we’ll find out some day but it could be true, so sure i believe!!
06/18/08  02:10pm

 #1789291


Ledroc567
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   Message To: Animalfreak123   In reference to Message Id: 1765046


 Fact Or Fiction??

acualy they lived 10-20 million years ago and they couldn’t deal with the prussure and prey change


It only takes 10 thousand years to create a fossil plus most of the 10-20 thousand slot was the last great ice age



07/10/08  12:22am

 #1789402


MissSkyTheGecko
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   Message To: Ledroc567   In reference to Message Id: 1789291


 Fact Or Fiction??

This post is old, but intriguing. Now, I know there are many species we thought went extinct. I’ve studied them in my free time. It’s one thing I absolutely love to do.
It’s amazing what we find.
However, the megalodon is not likely to have survived. We do know about the way these creatures lived, and it seems very unlikely they would thrive in extremely deep waters that some people believe they still survive in. And it’s for a very simple reason. They are very similar to great whites. Since they are so big you might think, well maybe they feed off of giant squid, or what have you. BUT you have to realize that they most likely fed off of a mammal. Like great whites, they NEEDED mammalian sustenance and were not built to catch the fast moving prey that would be large enough to sustain them in the deep ocean.
Then again, there is plenty of time in there that they could have adapted sure, but then you have to think about all of the ecological factors that apply. Often times animals that adapt that drastically to a quick changing environment don’t thrive for long.
Now, I don’t know everything, no one does, but I think I hold a pretty good point.
And just so I’m not a super bubble burster, there is always the possibility they DID survive...and what could they possibly feed off of? Well...sperm whales and elephant seals are mammals, and they go PRETTY deep ;)
Who knows.
07/10/08  04:21am

 #1814207


Gottee guy
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   Message To: MissSkyTheGecko   In reference to Message Id: 1789402


 Fact Or Fiction??

i’m a little sceptical about this.they may still be out there but would have had to dramaticly decrease their size because everything else has decreased size over the thousands of millions of years. maybe they have very large teeth but would have to be small- like only 20-30 ft. long.not all sharks need to feed off of mammals,actually very few do. they may feed off of giant squid,whales, seals,sea turtles,or even dramaticly smaller food. just think of it- blue whales eat plankton and krill. they are thousands,if not millions of times bigger than its prey so the same may apply to the megaladon if it is still out there.it might feed off of smaller fish and squid and carrion for all we know. it may have died off in the last ice age though. this is a very slim chance it’s out there.
another problem-with all the pressure and lack of food,how many large animals are on the bottom of the ocean?nevermind the deepest trench in the whole world!almost none!the largest one we know of on the bottom of the ocean is a shark that grows to 2 feet long, although there’s the greenland shark that gets to 15 feet but thats in the artic ocean, not the pacific.but since there’s very little food down there, how the heck would it get to 20 feet long,nevermind 60 feet long?every animal on the ocean’s bottom has to stay small to conserve energy and stand up to all of the water’s pressure.no way a megaladon would fit down there.
07/30/08  10:42pm

 #1817250


Gecko boy12
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   Message To: Gottee guy   In reference to Message Id: 1814207


 Fact Or Fiction??

bit off topic but u no wollie mamoths were around during the ancient egyptians, and also doodoo’s went extinct by human hand cant remember year.
08/02/08  05:26pm

 #1821106


Gottee guy
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   Message To: Gecko boy12   In reference to Message Id: 1817250


 Fact Or Fiction??

dodos went extinct i think in 1671 but definitly in the 1600s.
08/05/08  10:00pm

 #1822900


Anilver
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   Message To: Gottee guy   In reference to Message Id: 1821106


 Fact Or Fiction??

the colossal squidis alos really big.



08/07/08  01:31pm

 #1823140


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   Message To: Gecko boy12   In reference to Message Id: 1817250


 Fact Or Fiction??

Quote:

bit off topic but u no wollie mamoths were around during the ancient egyptians, and also doodoo’s went extinct by human hand cant remember year.



I don’t see the connection. And that statement is mostly false.

1) Even when woolly mammoths did it exist, they weren’t anywhere near Egypt.

2) They were mostly extinct by around 10,000 bce with Egyptian civilization beginning to grow around 5000 bce. A tiny group ( a dwarf version of the woolly mammoth) lived until around 2000 bce. But even these smaller mammoths would never have encountered Egyptians.

I’m just not sure what is the relevance of this statement.
08/07/08  05:34pm


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