Shark-feasting megalodon remains fiercest sea monster ever with gigantic teeth
dailystar.co.ukmegalodon is the deadliest shark to have ever lived, according to a new scientific study.Megatooth sharks which includes the fearsome megalodon, have long been considered prehistoric rulers of the world's oceans but research into their gnashers claims to confirm it.Examining thousands of shark teeth has proven the megalodon was the ultimate apex predator, surpassing all else on record as it feasted on other predators.READ MORE: Clueless paddle boarder stalked by shark in nerve-wracking drone footageThe scientists says material found on their giant teeth earned them the highest “trophic level”, otherwise known as top of its food chain as can be possible.
Study first author Dr Emma Kast, also addresses fears and conspiracy theories that the extinct apex predator is still alive and preying on the likes of great white sharks.The report 'Cenozoic megatooth sharks occupied extremely high trophic positions' was published in the journal Science Advances, on Wednesday (June 22) and has excited fans of the phenomenal sea monster.Research from scientists such as those from Princeton University, proved that being the biggest creature lurking underwater really did mean in the megalodon's case, being top dog in the food chain.Dr Emma said in a statement: “Megalodon and the other megatooth sharks were genuinely enormous carnivores that ate other predators, and Meg went extinct only a few million years ago.”As with a third of all large marine animals, the megalodon died out 3.6 million years ago by the end of the Pliocene, when the planet entered a phase of global cooling.
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