Why did Megalodon go extinct? – Jack Cooper and Catalina Pimiento
Why did Megalodon go extinct? – Jack Cooper and Catalina Pimiento
Dive into the ocean’s depths to see how the gigantic megalodon ruled the seas, and find out what caused its extinction.
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20 million years ago, the ocean housed a creature so colossal that its stomach could reach volumes of almost 10,000 liters— big enough to fit an entire orca. It was the megalodon, the biggest shark to ever live. So, what was it like when megalodon ruled the seas? And what brought this formidable predator to extinction? Jack Cooper and Catalina Pimiento investigate.
Lesson by Jack Cooper and Catalina Pimiento, directed by Vitalii Nebelskyi, and action creative agency.
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What if they still exist today?
Megalodon: Exists
Pods of Orcas: it free real estate 😋
Being so massive makes it much harder to adapt to rapid climate changes. Megalodons have been such a terrifying creatures and yet fragile in terms of survivability. If they were still here would have been scary though…
I thought there was only one megalodon that existed
it’s actually because of me yeah I ate them all
It’s nice to see Nicholas Steno (Blessed Nicholas Steno) get the credit he’s due for being one of history’s greatest scientific geniuses
Me 30 years from now trying to remake a Megalodon in my secret lab
Ok, now that I have researched enough, I will go and watch the movie
Neat.
*Your gonna need a bigger boat*
When I watch this somehow remind me of how Japanese love eating whales and sharks
0:30 lol the shark eyes dont stay on the same side like a flounder
Admit it, we *all* wish they were still around.
interesting
If planet and ocean became warmer, is there possibility megalodon coming back?
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Sounds awful that megalodon became a victim of its massive bulk and high-calorie demand metabolism. I also read an article that suggested its prey, mainly migratory whales, were able to travel to the poles due to their insulating blubber. Megalodon wasn’t able to regulate its body temperature efficiently enough to follow, which partially led to its extinction due to the abscence of prey.
Is it possible to genetically modify a man so that he can reproduce teeth like megalodon?
How much warmer was the earth 20 million years ago?
Despite the Recession crisis am cool, a profit making of £32,000 every month is assured , Sir Sheldon your God sent..
PoV: you play ark
Megalodon goes extinct partly because of a smaller, and better version of itself….
*Older siblings’ life in a Nutshell*
😁😂😭😢
Ted ed never disappoints on the animation 😅
I don’t mind that. You know hte bus is boardign the Eurostar car and vehicle carriage. So by the end of the end day you are always travelling by Eurostar to London. Just instead of paying 200 pound you are paying 30 bucks or so.
That music……. 😢
Because it had all those teeth and no toothbrush.
2:22 Good thing the Megalodon were there to keep the mermaid population in check.
Megalodon was not unrivaled. It had to compete with Livyatan, which we have evidence gave it a run for its money on multiple occasions.
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1:44
Sharks as crocodiles have as most of fishes radically another kind of brain from dolphins and whales . They had only that part that is responsible only for main reflections – they don’t have feelings in difference of mammals
sharks are frend too ;(
Fact: there is a skeleton remains resembling huge shark, they name ot megalodon
Imagination: every other thing
Everyone talking about the megalodon meanwhile I just want to know where can I find the backround music jajaja its so catchy and cute
Propaganda. It’s alive
What if those big teeth that we found belong to baby megalodons
in loving memory of the mega blahaj
Can u now guys make a video explaining why White Shark was newcomer then?
I loved the narration! It made me feel like I was in some cheesy old detective show; a perfect fit for such a video
1:40 “Trans-oceanic”. Is that an ocean that identifies as another ocean?
Great video!!! Thanx!!!
Nothing Jason Statham couldn’t handle eh 😅
Isn’t it crazy how a lot of the huge animals then, who we’d expect to last the longest, are now extinct. Meanwhile, cockroaches and rats have been here a long time and they ain’t gone yet.
wait.. what? “the earth was warmer?” 😏
Because they didn’t have Surfshark VPN.
We have these teeth all over this area in Venice, FL. I have a buddy who dives just a mile off-shore and hunts for them. He’s collected over 1000 of them just himself over the past few years, some as large as 5" for a single tooth fully intact still.
The Megalodon is megala-gone!😅
If I understand correctly, sharks are just muscle and cartilage, which doesn’t fossilize, so all we have are a bunch of teeth. SO… how can we be so sure they were 60 feet long? Maybe they were the size of a bass, but with a huge head lined with big teeth.🤔
Sh*t animal, i’ll be a panda instead