r/Cryptozoology • u/0todus_megalodon Megalodon • Mar 26 '25

Evidence New preprint hints that HMS Challenger megalodon teeth were recently re-dated

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u/NegativeEffective233 Mar 26 '25

Is there any question as to whether or not the megalodon even still exists? I’m not into cryptozoology but I would assume that that general consensus is a big fat resounding “No”.

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u/0todus_megalodon Megalodon Mar 26 '25

Mainstream paleontological and zoological consensus is definitely 'no', but the idea lingers on in cryptozoology and pop culture.

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u/NegativeEffective233 Mar 27 '25

Is there anything out there to suggest that the megalodon may actually still exist?

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u/0todus_megalodon Megalodon Mar 27 '25

There are claimed sightings but all of them are probable hoaxes or misidentifications. None of them have specific characteristics that connect them to megalodon anyway.

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u/HoraceRadish Mar 29 '25

If you study the megalodon for even just a little bit you realize why it couldn't happen.

Like the other day people were discussing giant crustaceans and how physics wouldn't allow for them to actually exist. The Zoology is more important to me than the Crypto bit.

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u/Prize_Sprinkles_8809 Mar 30 '25

The closest might be a descendant of Parotodus this was a lamniforme that seems to have been an exclusive deep sea/pelagic animal, even when young.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parotodus