6-foot megalodon shark babies were cannibals in the womb, study says

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These extinct sharks gave birth to some really large babies — about the size of a full-grown human adult, researchers say. Before being born, the growing megalodons would eat other unhatched eggs, which is known as intrauterine cannibalism.

These extinct sharks gave birth to some really large babies -- about the size of a full-grown human adult.

At birth, megalodons were about 6.6 feet, or 2 meters, in length, according to a study published Sunday in the Historical Biology journal. Megalodons, scientifically known as Otodus megalodon, were huge sharks that grew up to 50 feet in length and roamed the oceans 15 million to 3.6 million years ago, said study author Kenshu Shimada, professor of paleobiology at DePaul University in Chicago.Great whites may have wiped out the biggest shark that ever livedThe 6.

 

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I actually had a pic taken many years ago.

WOW

Is it too soon for Baby Shark song

Might be true. But pure speculation.

Like sharks?

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I'd rather be extinct, too,than deliver such a huge baby!

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