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The Fearsome Megalodon Ate Basically Whatever It Wanted to Reach Its Daily 100,000-Calorie Need, Study Suggests

Scientists previously assumed the giant, prehistoric sharks mostly feasted on whales, but it turns out they probably weren’t so picky

Scientists rethink the megalodon’s diet after examining minerals in their fossilized teeth

A new study has found that the megalodon shark may have devoured both large and small prey alike.

Megalodon May Have Eaten Whatever It Could Find to Feed Its 100,000-Calorie-Per-Day Diet

The biggest shark in history was likely an opportunistic feeder.

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN What scientists thought about the voracious eating habits of the colossal megalodon may be up for revision. According to a new study, the prehistoric predator that went extinct about 3.6 million years ago didn't just hunt large marine mammals like whales, as researchers thought. Minerals found in fossilized teeth reveal that the megalodon may have been an opportunist, feeding on other species to meet its remarkable daily fo…

Fossil teeth analysis upends what’s known about megalodon’s diet, scientists say

The massive megalodon was not hunting only large marine mammals such as whales as researchers widely thought, a new study of minerals in fossilized teeth has found.

New research reveals that the giant shark, which swam in the oceans 23 million years ago, was not picky - it preyed on a huge variety of marine creatures