What Lurks Inside the MEG JAWS?!

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I reconstructed a sculpture of the 𝐌𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐋𝐎𝐃𝐎𝐍🦈
𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 casts from 𝐌𝐄𝐆 𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐇 were used for this shark head model.

👉Height: approximately 2.75 meters
👉Otodus (Carcharocles) Megalodon, also called MEG for short.
👉This Megalodon shark head sculpture is used as an entrance for an ocean exhibit.
👉The life-size reconstruction was made in commission for a museum.
👉It contains teeth cast from real fossils.
👉Wheelchair friendly

🌿Finding the different tooth positions required was a difficult task. These fossil teeth can be very valuable. The shark's teeth are cast from polyurethane rubber. To use the shark's head as an entrance, it was important that the teeth were flexible so that you can walk through it safely. Many drawings were made in order to make an accurate reconstruction. The eyes are custom-made, from clear epoxy resin.

🌿The Megalodon was arguably one of the largest predators ever to have lived. With only a few contenders for the title. Its teeth can reach a maximum of 7 inches tall. For comparison, about the size of a grown man's hand. It has long been thought to be directly related to the extant Lamniforme shark, Carcharodon carcharias or Great white shark. But recent studies lean more towards the ancient Otodus obliquus shark lineage. Therefore, the name has been changed from Carcharodon (or Carcharocles) to Otodus.

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