Rec0128 Posted June 6, 2014 Posted June 6, 2014 Not directly related to any fossils, but still fun to think about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_QyGANCUJI "Scientists in Australia tagged a healthy 9-foot great white shark as part of program to track these animals. Four months later they found the tracking device washed up on a beach.Something—something really big—had eaten this apex predator. But what creature could dine on such ferocious prey?" -I've been trying to figure out what could have done it based on depth and body temperatures. Definitely wasn't a killer whale due to a body temp. of 97 F. Great white body temps don't go higher than 25 degrees than the surrounding water, so that was either one very hot great white or no great white at all. Whatever ate it went up from 1,900 ft deep to the surface where it bounced back and forth from 1-300 ft deep for 8 days. As far as I know, giant squid don't like staying in water that shallow. I'm not saying it was a megalodon, but I'm not saying it wasn't either. Just a fun thought to entertain.
Rec0128 Posted June 6, 2014 Author Posted June 6, 2014 Thought I'd throw this little guy in here for anyone hoping for some cool tooth find. My aunt's dog was digging in the backyard, then he found this and brought it to her. This was in Bradenton Florida.
Cam28 Posted June 6, 2014 Posted June 6, 2014 Interesting, it was found too deep and not quite warm enough to definitely be a killer whale. Also have never heard of dogs finding meg teeth, very nice.
Kman100 Posted June 7, 2014 Posted June 7, 2014 What about black-market fishermen, catching the shark for its fin? -kevin
Rec0128 Posted June 7, 2014 Author Posted June 7, 2014 I thought that too, but it was 1,900 feet below where the water was 48 degrees, so the only way it would have been reading 78 would be if it was in the belly of another organism
Boesse Posted June 7, 2014 Posted June 7, 2014 Probably more likely that the thermometer malfunctioned rather than C. megalodon being extant despite all evidence to the contrary.
Carcharodontosaurus Posted June 7, 2014 Posted June 7, 2014 I'd be more surprised to see megalodon still alive than I would to see that bigfoot exists. And I don't believe in either.
Scylla Posted June 7, 2014 Posted June 7, 2014 I just wonder if a whale could have eaten it? Maybe sperm whale?
Kman100 Posted June 7, 2014 Posted June 7, 2014 (edited) What if the shark died of natural causes, an animal scavenged the shark remains, and accidentally ate the tracker? Edited June 7, 2014 by Kman100 -kevin
Auspex Posted June 7, 2014 Posted June 7, 2014 What if the shark died of natural causes, an animal scavenged the shark remains, and accidentally ate the tracker? Good point. One shouldn't assume that the shark was swallowed whole! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease!
Scylla Posted June 8, 2014 Posted June 8, 2014 Nope, Mystery solved: http://sploid.gizmodo.com/mystery-solved-heres-the-animal-that-ate-the-9-foot-gr-1587429691
Auspex Posted June 8, 2014 Posted June 8, 2014 The simple answer always trumps the Mystical Mystery. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease!
JohnBrian Posted June 9, 2014 Posted June 9, 2014 I'm not convinced. I still think it is "secret weaponized alien megalodons". ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- John
Kman100 Posted June 10, 2014 Posted June 10, 2014 (edited) Well, it's a shark eat shark world... Edited June 10, 2014 by Kman100 -kevin
TyrannosaurusRex Posted June 11, 2014 Posted June 11, 2014 Ignoring the belief that mosasaurs, ichthyosaurs megalodons, etc are extinct which could have eaten it? Thanks.
JohnJ Posted June 11, 2014 Posted June 11, 2014 Nope, Mystery solved: http://sploid.gizmodo.com/mystery-solved-heres-the-animal-that-ate-the-9-foot-gr-1587429691 Ignoring the belief that mosasaurs, ichthyosaurs megalodons, etc are extinct which could have eaten it? Thanks. There is no reason to ignore the information in the link posted above by Scylla. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Do while you can because the day will come when you cannot...and you would give much to do it one more time. - JJ
TyrannosaurusRex Posted June 11, 2014 Posted June 11, 2014 There is no reason to ignore the information in the link posted above by Scylla. I hadn't looked at that link. I just had a question.
Scylla Posted June 11, 2014 Posted June 11, 2014 There is no reason to ignore the information in the link posted above by Scylla. Hey, that's OK, even I think a Megalodon or Mosasaur is more entertaining than a boring modern shark
smokeriderdon Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 There is no reason to ignore the information in the link posted above by Scylla. Yes there is. I choose to ignore all information that goes contrary to what I wish to believe. LOL
JohnJ Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 Yes there is. I choose to ignore all information that goes contrary to what I wish to believe. LOL I know. \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Do while you can because the day will come when you cannot...and you would give much to do it one more time. - JJ
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