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James Gamble

Megalodon’s Extinction Linked To Being Warm-Blooded

Megalodons went extinct 3.6 million years ago. The world's largest-ever and most terrifying marine predator which roamed the seas millions of years ago may have died out because it was warm-blooded. PHOTO BY ALEX BOERSMA/SWNS 

The world’s largest-ever and most terrifying marine predator which roamed the seas millions of years ago may have died out because it was warm-blooded.

Analysis of the giant teeth of the mighty megalodon suggests the cold-blooded killer – which could grow to extraordinary lengths of 50 feet (15.24 m) – wasn’t even cold-blooded.

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