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I actually fact checked this and it's true.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, thankfully Megalodon isn't cruising around anymore. Though that might have delayed European expansion until they had metal clad vessels....

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks 5 points 1 year ago

That sounds like a fun story, like a Pride and Prejudice and Zombies but instead it's Master and Commander and Megalodon.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Can we even know for sure that Carcharocles Megalodon is in fact excinct?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can't prove the non existence, but you can be very sure about some things. Megalodon lived near the surface, because it liked warm water(AFAIK), so it's likely that if it wouldn't be extinct there's a high chance that we would notice it, since Megalodon was kinda big.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah okay, seems plausible then. It's more fun to believe otherwise though, not gonna lie. After all, there's still so much we don't know about our oceans.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I just saw one the other day at the 7-11