How Big Was Megalodon Really?

Megalodon was one big fish. But just how big was it really? New research has shown that we might actually have been underestimating its true length this whole time...

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[melvinshine]

"So how big was Megalodon?"
"Big."
"Exactly how big was it?"
"Yes."

[yissibiiyte]

As a shark expert, I can confidently say that megalodon was the size of a megalodon-sized shark

[albatross]

Spino: "so... folks are confused about what you looked like too?"😒

Meg: .... "yep."🤷🏾‍♂️

[nicodemusedwards]

At least as big as a golden retriever. Possibly even bigger.

[zandorvorkov]

The size of a normal shark. It just had enormous, buck teeth that other sharks made fun of.

[rabidsmiles]

The fact that a juvenile specimen is in a private collection is utterly disheartening.

[jodebever]

Megalodon: has another change
Spinosaurus: first time?

[brotquel]

Megalodon has seen how much attention Spinosaurus was getting with all the controversies and decided to give it a try.

[saychaysarchive]

What are the odds that both you guys and another channel I follow (Wild World) would both upload a video on the real size of Megalodon within one minute of each other?

[Jdne]

"A Grounded Scientifically accurate depiction in the next Meg movie... " why i love this Channel 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Deform-]

Makes sense, I was always skeptical of the super bulky ultra fast predator meg. 20 to 40 meter vertebrates tend to be more elongated in their body plans. So Megalodon following that trend is plausible.

[thegreywardenherald]

I'm good with the Meg shark getting a size upgrade. It'll be interesting to see what an updated size estimate works out to be considering the newest paper.

[MayContainBirdseed]

When I was momentarily distracted I misheard "a unique fish would need" as "a unique fish with knees" and snapped back to attention. "They discovered WHAT NOW?!" I had to listen to it a few more times before I finally clued in. I think it's second-cup-of-coffee-o'clock.
Thank you for another fantastic shark week! I look forward to it every year. While Megalodon is probably the species of prehistoric marine life I'm least interested in (sacrileges, I know) it's always nice seeing two of my main interests overlap. Thank you for continuing to provide educational and interesting content!

[robertstone]

Magalodon is the spino of the sea. Unless you believe spino was full aquatic then none of this makes sense

[francissemyon]

Simply the best summary of the history of megalodon sizing on YT at the moment (I was involved in the 2021 summed crown width study).
Yes, as always more is coming on the subject.

[GraveyIRL]

It was the size of a goldfish, just with a really really big head

[nickpickety]

Imagine if megaladon was basically pug faced with borzoi body proportions. Obviously, it's not actually shaped like a dog, but just shark version of those traits

[aidenmorreyvoiceactor]

Whether it was 60 feet or 48 feet, or whatever, it was still the single largest predatory shark species we've ever known.

[jasontoddvoorhees]

Megalodon and Spinosaurus: 🤝🏻 Having our size/design changed more times than Flint, Michigan Water

[jurgen]

So dunkleotius get smaller but megalodon gets bigger so that’s probably a accuracy of the the meg films