What Megalodon’s Teeth Say About Their Parenting

A shark's teeth usually says "stay away", but we can learn a lot from them, including what type of parents they were.

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[QuarterLifeCrises]

"By 2.6 to 3.6 million years ago Megaladon was..."
Me: "don't say it. Don't you dare say it."
"MegalaGONE!"
Me: "he said it!"

[onetallpheeesh]

Watching Michael's hair journey has been my favorite part.

[QuarterLifeCrises]

Poor things have been dead for over 2 million years and we're still judging their parenting skills. Typical of social media tbh.

[trevordarnell]

I like how you can see Michael's hair evolve over the years on this channel

[MissBlueEyeliner]

I got to hold a real megalodon tooth a few years ago and I just couldn’t wrap my head around how ancient it was.
A woman had been using it as a letter opener without realising that it was real 🤦🏻‍♀️

[TheCrystalCollector]

Charleston, SC was an ancient nursery. We have found lots of large teeth there also!
Long time subscriber here, enjoy your channel!

[kuhttifrutti]

Aaah that's the kind of content I like: Scientific facts and bad puns 😄

Thanks guys, interesting as always.

[blackwolf]

1. That's fascinating! I'm curious to know other adaptations animals developed that gave them a leg up, then eventually tore them down.
2. Michael's hair is the most dynamic member of the Sci Show cast. His hair can do no wrong. Change my mind

[williandalsoto]

Yeah great sharks are cool and whatnot BUT can we talk about Michael's hair? It's amazing!

[t.robinson]

It’s $1 for a regular incisor from the Tooth Fairy and megabucks for that megalmolar!

[alinaowen]

Michael is really rocking his current hair/facial hair combo.

[Summer-xein]

Honestly, I came because of Michael's aesthetic change. I like it. ^_^ Oh and the puns! Always the puns! ;)

[darthfader]

Now when ever I hear "Baby Shark" I'll think of megalodons.

[Shaden]

I was expecting: Megalodon was Megalo done.

[stevencampbell]

Michael's lookin'

Happy and healthy
We love to see it!

[ketchup]

What a journey Michael's hair has gone on these past eighteen months

[averagechick]

Michael your voice is so soothing, thank you for hosting these videos. There is something disarming about your pitch and delivery it always comforts me.

[HannahHäggAutisticTransWoman]

This hypothesis of why megladon dissappeared and got extinct. Needing the nurseries places for 20+ years before they became adult is much longer than other sharks and if great white sharks used them and adult glreat white sharks easily got in there it would be a problem for a young unexperienced megladon that might be able to compete and might have died.

[militantpacifist]

But did the megalodon parents buy their food at Mega Lo Mart?

[randywa]

This entire video was made just for that pun. And it was worth it