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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gustaf Kilander

Ocean scanner registers 50-foot ‘Megalodon’ shape in Atlantic

Instagram / The Atlantic Shark Institute

An ocean scanner in the Atlantic has picked up a shape 50 feet long, leading some researchers to temporarily believe that the Megalodon giant shark may not be extinct.

The Atlantic Shark Institute wrote on Instagram on Monday: “Does the Meg exist? On a recent shark research trip, we were all amused to see this shape appear on our fish finder for several minutes. Based on the length of the image, we estimated the ‘Meg’ to be about 50 feet long, weighing in at 40 tons!”

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