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Would Megalodon rule the modern seas?
Yes, it would be the dominate ocean predator. 5 (16.1%)
It would share Apex predator status with Orca pods 4 (12.9%)
No, it would be out competed by Orcas 4 (12.9%)
No, potential modern prey wouldn't support it 13 (41.9%)
Other. 5 (16.1%)
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Megalodon Extinction :; Would it survive today?
Topic Started: Jan 8 2012, 02:33 AM (11,685 Views)
Wolf Eagle
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This was an old thread on the old Carnivora. I thought I'd bring it back. So do you guys think that Megalodon would be able to survive in today's time?

My opinion is, I don't think they would because there are many other ocean predators that would be competition for the Megalodon and I think humans would start to hunt it. Orca's IMO would be big competition because they both hunt large whales.
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it will finish eat by asian people....
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pliosaur
Jan 8 2012, 02:44 AM
it will finish eat by asian people....
Lol. Megalodon soup would be invented.
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No way would it survive, Humans would hunt it to extinction within twenty years. And pods of Orcas could be a severe problem.
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Rodentsofunusualsize
Jan 8 2012, 02:57 AM
No way would it survive, Humans would hunt it to extinction within twenty years. And pods of Orcas could be a severe problem.
Agreed. Orca's and other large sharks. Plus lots of whales are endangered nowadays so it would be a problem to find food.
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in fact the question the question is strange because if it had dissapear it is because it can't adapt to the climat changement witch ultimately created our modern world.
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pliosaur
Jan 8 2012, 03:45 AM
in fact the question the question is strange because if it had dissapear it is because it can't adapt to the climat changement witch ultimately created our modern world.
Ya but we don't know for sure if it disappeared when it did.
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Ya but we don't know for sure if it disappeared when it did.


true.but it seems that it tooth were not found after 1.5 million.
and I don't think that a 20m long shark could be hidden to us :)
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I believe Megalodon would still be alive but wouldn't be as big. If it were still alive. It would probably just grow to 30 to 40 feet long.
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I believe Megalodon would still be alive but wouldn't be as big. If it were still alive. It would probably just grow to 30 to 40 feet long.


not sure! with 12m long megalodon is still a big animal and it wil be(overfishing by our asiatic friends for it big fin)
and since it would be not as big as the true megalodon it won"t be a danger to a orca's pod.
in all way I think megalodon was condemn.it survived a long time but there is necessarily a end to all species.
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pliosaur
Jan 8 2012, 04:56 AM
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I believe Megalodon would still be alive but wouldn't be as big. If it were still alive. It would probably just grow to 30 to 40 feet long.


not sure! with 12m long megalodon is still a big animal and it wil be(overfishing by our asiatic friends for it big fin)
and since it would be not as big as the true megalodon it won"t be a danger to a orca's pod.
in all way I think megalodon was condemn.it survived a long time but there is necessarily a end to all species.
Maybe they just like deep down where we don't fish. This is just a theory by the way. I don't know for sure. In fact, I don't think anyone knows for sure. So we have to shoot out ideas!
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Maybe they just like deep down where we don't fish. This is just a theory by the way. I don't know for sure. In fact, I don't think anyone knows for sure. So we have to shoot out ideas!


probably not but if megalodon would had evolued for lived into the deep it wouldn't be the same.
by the way every idea is interesting and all my post are subjectif and can be corrected :)
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it would be a catastrophe to whales if meg was alive as their numbers have been significantly depleted by whaling 100 megs and bye bye whales
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I disagree, Meg would be killed by the Climate status and Humans before it gets a chance to make a signification impact on the whale population. Because of the current decline of large Whales, I don't think it would have enough prey either.
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^ Yes that's what I thought. The only reason Orca's are still alive is because they don't solely feed on other larger whales. However, Megalodon only fed on large whales which have a declining population in this time.
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