Ancient great white sharks could have driven their massive megalodon cousins into extinction by stealing their prey, a new study has revealed.
Researchers investigated shark teeth and discovered that the diets of the prehistoric meg – Otodus megalodon – and the great white sharks were virtually identical.
In this new study, the Max Planck Institute explained: “Researchers analyzed zinc stable isotope ratios in modern and fossil shark teeth from around the globe, including teeth of megalodon and modern and fossil great white sharks.
