What If Megalodon Sharks Never Went Extinct?
Would you ever venture into the ocean if you knew this creature could be lurking beneath you? It’s twice the size of a T. rex, its jaws are big enough to crush cars, and it can swallow multiple humans at a time! This ancient beast is called a megalodon shark, and if it had never become extinct, it would have a surprisingly large impact on our lives. How would they change the way we use our oceans?
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Correction at 4:33 – Yes, you are correct â the megalodon was indeed a fish and not a mammal.
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October 26, 2025 at 5:08 am
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@GresleyA1No.5528
October 26, 2025 at 5:08 am
0:31 this shot is from caylus playing GTA V
@katelijnesommen
October 26, 2025 at 5:08 am
Uh, fish aren't mammals, guys
@derekcaan7686
October 26, 2025 at 5:08 am
At 1:54 the video states that Megladons were "warm water mammals" which is incorrect – they weren't mammals but predatory fish
@GupDaley
October 26, 2025 at 5:08 am
Tbh I feel like megalodon would be chill n act like blue whales
@kidayoon9923
October 26, 2025 at 5:08 am
Jurassic Park and Jurassic World taught us that it was a bad idea to bring old species back.
TAKE THAT LESSON
@Isabel-ge1ou
October 26, 2025 at 5:08 am
Dumb people would still swim with them.
@SeverusSnapeIsYourDaddy
October 26, 2025 at 5:08 am
Largest meg found by scientists is 24metres , bro
@Cut3unicorn7667
October 26, 2025 at 5:08 am
1st answer, no one would venture out in the ocean in the first placeđ
@animalhobby-i1w
October 26, 2025 at 5:08 am
âits twice the size of a t rexâ aight imma head out and find a t rex to compare it to
@eliaverse1
October 26, 2025 at 5:08 am
i just know bigger things than the meg live in the ocean i just can't prove it
@NickkiBlakley
October 26, 2025 at 5:08 am
People having theory saying it never actually went extinct
@tomaslopez2940
October 26, 2025 at 5:08 am
Yeah I think megalodons would be less likely to attack individual swimmers and more likely to attack large groups of swimmers and also boats due to their size. Navies would spend more time escorting ships to fight off megalodons in a similar way to how they were used in WW2 to fend off submarines
@gilusa12
October 26, 2025 at 5:08 am
Torpedo attack…we don't have a shortage of that..
@LamboRacer-nq9re
October 26, 2025 at 5:08 am
Like one megladon or one T. rex
@LamboRacer-nq9re
October 26, 2025 at 5:08 am
Especially dangerous ones
@LamboRacer-nq9re
October 26, 2025 at 5:08 am
Ok tbh if we bringing animals back only make ONE please
@eddies838
October 26, 2025 at 5:08 am
If it's still around it's going to be in very small numbers confined to a certain region of the Pacific Ocean. Take for example the California Condor; its population is confined to the Pacific coast of the United States. That bird used to scavenge the carcasses of the mega-ungulates till those beasts went extinct. Condors used to be everywhere now it's limited to feeding off marine mammal corcasses.
@jenn4593
October 26, 2025 at 5:08 am
I am so glad it is extinctâsupposedly. I hope it is extinct and it stays extinct forever. It was nothing but a huge terrorizer.
@trapstar_91
October 26, 2025 at 5:08 am
why would it hide in the ocean if it's the number 1 predator.
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