Subject: Does the Megalodon still exist?
Posted by: ElusiveDream
Date: Aug 19 18
Megalodon, the largest predatory fish known to science. It supposedly went extinct around 2.5 million years ago, but some people believe it may still exist. What do you think? Is it really possible this giant shark might still be with us?
Posted by: ElusiveDream
Date: Aug 19 18
Megalodon, the largest predatory fish known to science. It supposedly went extinct around 2.5 million years ago, but some people believe it may still exist. What do you think? Is it really possible this giant shark might still be with us?
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brm50diboll 
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Sure. You can see it now at the movie theaters. If "some people believe it" and it's in the movies, it *must* be real. Seriously, the burden of proof for the existence of cryptids is squarely on those who claim their existence. As there is no real evidence of present-day megalodon, the burden of proof has not been met and megalodon is no more real than yeti or Sasquatch. Reply #1. Aug 19 18, 1:38 PM |
ElusiveDream
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Up until the late 1930s, the only evidence we had of the Coelacanth's existence were fossils, so it was assumed this fish was extinct. Then a live one was caught off the coast of South Africa. So if the Coelacanth still exists, who says it isn't possible for other supposedly-extinct animals to still be around? Reply #2. Aug 20 18, 1:04 AM |
| brm50diboll
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The fact that other "Lazarus" species exist does not mean megalodon is one. Again, where is the evidence? We have the evidence on the coelacanth, a much smaller fish. Reply #3. Aug 20 18, 7:07 AM |
jabb5076
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It’s much easier for a small fish to go un-noticed in the vast reaches of the ocean than a 50-75 foot shark. Reply #4. Aug 20 18, 11:08 AM |
F6FHellcat
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It's pretty easy for large fish to go unnoticed. Look the oceans are large place, I mean large. I'm not saying that the megalodon still exists, it is certainly a cryptid at best. But what I am saying is that we can't simply say that it is easier for small fish to go unnoticed this than it is large as proof that it does not exist. It takes a while to find just about anything under the surface of the ocean. If megalodon still exists, then we're supposed to be looking for something that may not be making very much noise. Much like the way they track submarines by the noise they make. A submarine that made it no engine noises would be extremely difficult, if not nearly impossible, to find. And submarines are much larger than the estimated size of an adult female megalodon which has been estimated be larger than the adult male. Yes we have sonars that can locate schools of fish, or whales, or dolphins, or whatnot but underwater. But are they locating these single second,. That's right I said second, not every day. The reason for this is that it takes so much time to find these large objects. In the ocean it could take hours of searching. And with something like megalodon you'd have to have a search area where you have to make multiple passes like you were mowing the lawn. So it is possible to miss something that large in the ocean. Again I'm not saying that megalodon still exists. In fact I hope it doesn't still exist given the fact that it would put all other apex predators of the ocean to shame. Not to mention recent events concerning kill or whales and boats. I mean do we really want something like megalodon deciding to go after a boat. Reply #5. Apr 06 25, 12:15 AM |
| F6FHellcat
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That was supposed to be killer whales, not kill or whales. Stupid voice to text. Reply #6. Apr 06 25, 12:17 AM |
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