Ancient Finds: Beachcomber Unearths Massive Megalodon Shark Tooth Fossil

You’d be surprised at what you can find when you take a closer look. For this group of friends, however, they tend to focus on one thing in particular: megalodon shark teeth. On a social media account, they share their lucky finds. But one in particular is catching everyone’s attention. While near a beach, they stumble across what appears to be a rather sizeable megalodon tooth.

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Fun fact: the megalodon is considered to be the largest fish that ever lived. They could measure up to 58.7 feet or higher, making it about three times as large as the biggest sharks we have today. You can imagine then just how massive these creatures teeth would need to be in order to down the 2,500 pounds of food they’d eat every day. Check out this awesome find in the video below!

Megalodon could not be a more fitting name for this gigantic creature. That’s because the word derives from Greek, giving it the meaning of “giant tooth.” But its size was not enough to survive the world’s changes throughout the years. It’s said that the megalodon went extinct an estimated 2.5 million years ago. So why, then, are we still finding their teeth?

There are a few reasons why we’re still lucky enough to find these teeth. For starters, sharks frequently shed their teeth. Like, a lot. Thousands over the course of their life, in fact. Combine that with the fact that they had 276 teeth in total, and it’s starting to make sense as to why so many are still around.

But quantity of teeth isn’t the only reason. Megalodon sharks were able to make just about any location their home. As a result, it’s possible to find their teeth on nearly every continent, with the exception of Antarctica. How cool is that!?

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