Megalodon: Does it Still Roam the Oceans?

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[@decodingtheunknown2373]

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[@lacswe]

400+ euro? Ouff.

[@harrypothead42024]

Electric snake oil

[@_BLANK_BLANK]

​@@harrypothead42024 yeah. Can't help but think the same thing, just seems like even if simon saw a difference. It could have been a placebo (or i suppose, more just something along the lines of that)

[@--enyo--]

How was SurfShark not sponsoring this?

[@sabinajoh]

(The foreo luna mini is under $100 and is great for cleansing if anyone finds the pricetag scary) Edit: oh that was pre inflation

[@alixsutherland9104]

My favourite thing about Simon and his channels is when he has a thought and talks about it, then reads on and the writer has had exactly the same thought. Makes me happy to see the good relationship between Simon & the writing team in his basement.

[@ByMonitorLight]

For every tangent they predict, he gives them 5 minutes of sunshine.

[@erikjrn4080]

So that's where he keeps them! I've been wondering about that! I always imagined a situation similar to Gru and the minions.

[@0037kevin]

​@Erik Jrn I think it's somewhere between Gru / Minions and that basement scene from The Road. I guess it all comes down to where you land on "Fact Boys spectrum of servitude"

[@0037kevin]

Oh just in case he needs to add another show to his roster, that's an idea for a name: "Fact Boys spectrum of servitude"

[@nomad8473]

He reads then in advance most often

[@barry5177]

Right in the middle of your story about cannibalism, KZbin broke for a commercial about cooking ovens.

[@badluck5647]

If you watch the movie _Jaws_ backwards, it's a movie about a shark that keeps throwing up people until they have to open a beach.

[@moriahmelon]

💀 what thought process led to this conclusion

[@badluck5647]

​​@@moriahmelon Plagiarism. My friend told me this years ago.

[@TheKalaxis]

A heartwarming tale of a kind shark that gives people without limbs arms and legs 😂

[@moriahmelon]

@@badluck5647 i love the honesty. your friend seems to have some nice kush to come up w that one 😂

[@clatonblade2211]

and the movie saw is about a nice man putting people together

[@Aztesticals]

Issue with it being a deep shark. It was a coastal species. Only found in areas with water depths like the Bahamas. It suddenly becoming a deep sea species is like humans suddenly waking up able to breath totally fine at 50,000 ft up

[@brotherbunghole9562]

not only that, an animal of that size would also leave a VERY CLEAR ecological footprint. The larger the animal is, the larger traces of its presence it leaves. This is the same reason as to why the existence of bigfoot is improbable, not enough ecological evidence to even suggest the presence of anything like it.

[@Khornedevotee]

Even so, just hypothetically, even if the Megalodon did survive to the modern age, and did evolve, it would not have been a sudden evolutionary change. It would've evolved over a long time to accomodate its adaptation to the new world of smaller and fewer, less diverse prey, to better compete with orcas and great whites. As a result, it would shrink over time to become smaller, ergo, not requiring as much food anymore. But then, how would one know it was once the Megalodon at that point if it's much smaller and lives at the bottom of the Mariana Trench(hypothetically speaking), and quite possibly change appearance to be better suited for deep oceanic life? Of course, I don't believe the Megalodon is still around. But this is the only viable way for it to have survived its own extinction. But this is the thing about evolution. Nothing happens ''suddenly'' with evolution. It happens over the span of hundreds of thousands of years at least to a million years to a couple or multiple millions of years, or tens to hundreds of millions of years in some cases, depending on the species. This is assuming it is not perfectly suited to its habitat already, which drastically increases the time it takes to evolve to adapt and change physically, if at all. It takes tens of thousands of years at the very least, and that's for the less remarkable evolutionary trait I imagine. So whenever we see an evolution in some animals, that happened over many millennia. Such a long time is only sudden in comparison to the age of the Earth or the age of the universe, which does not work to rely on when discussing evolution since everything is younger than planets and the entire universe(except an older universe perhaps, which might be a thing). Of course, the Megalodon probably didn't have that amount of time to evolve properly for the changing ecosystem and the colder temperatures in the ocean, so in all likelihood it died out. Yes it did live around coastal areas, but if it had survived and it no longer proved viable to stay near the coastlines(except for having babies and keeping the young there), then it would've had to change its way of life, if it had the time to change. Seemingly, it didn't. And if it had seen a decrease in whales and the fact that we would've seen halfeaten whale carcasses on shores, well, if they shrunk, maybe that would not have been so common after all?

[@Aztesticals]

@@Khornedevotee yeah. But we find no fossils of any beginnings of change. It was in one form. In alot of areas then just gone from record. Not less of them but with a small change to a feature. Then simular but further changed fossils from 100k years later. And then more fossils in a new area with a further changed form

[@dubuyajay9964]

And what would it eat? There's so few whales left!

[@AWGragg007]

That's a good point and analogy.🤔

[@adamsmith5207]

"You can totally snack on other people and be fine." The perfect subtitle of Simon's book - Don't Write Down Your Crimes

[@ethal1222]

We need a "Simon receives no help whatsoever from Siri" supercut...😁

[@p.strobus7569]

PBS Eons did an episode on this with fossils and maps and sources. Their conclusion is that whales (a megalodon food source) suddenly got much bigger right after Megs died out because of the removal of megs predation pressure.

[@jrmckim]

Also, there's a theory that great white sharks caused the extinction of Megs

[@sevrono]

@@jrmckim they're more than capable of outcompeting them

[@austin.hook-em]

@@sevrono outcompete, sure. But could it keep pace during “down” years? If food was hard to come by for many years, in a row, eventually hunger comes for all things. Super high food demand, not enough food supply to keep up.

[@sevrono]

@@austin.hook-em nono, i mean white sharks would out compete megs, but thats part of why too

[@karlrichards7188]

​@@jrmckim what if great whites are megladons that got smaller to find more food or the few rare whites that are 20 foot are distantly related to megs

[@jacobmontoya7172]

I wanted to be a marine biologist as a kid. My grades were bad and I had to settle for being an enlisted U.S. Marine, not even remotelly the same thing. . Love your content, Simon. Keep up the GREAT work.

[@N8SP8TS]

A marine biologist... oorah

[@cleverusername9369]

Semper Fish

[@inomad1313]

Corpsman = marine biologist. 😂

[@CapinCooke]

@@cleverusername9369 😂😂😂

[@sour_lemon2692]

I wanted to be a marine (military family), and somehow landed in (molecular) biology...

[@Baldevi]

Addendum: Simon! I LOVE what you've taught your daughter to say when asked about Tigers! Excellent! And hillrious, wish wecould see the faces of teachers asking her about tigers and hearing her reply! Also, speaking to your children as if they are older than they are inspires them to be more curious and ask more questions, thus expanding their cognition and intelligence swiftly. So, keep that up, Simon!

[@DerptyDerptyDUM]

Another *top notch script* from Ilze!! Her extensive research, dry humor and obvious writing chops are always such a joy, no matter the topic. (And THIS topic especially fascinates me!!) 😊🦈

[@romanwiller2180]

For the next super-big squid I nominate the name “gargantuan squid” to just continue the D&D naming convention on these

[@drbigmdftnu]

Or, in a nod to SpaceX, Super Heavy Squid.

[@NGSForsaken]

I think we still have a few ones left like enormous, ginormous, gigantic, monumental, tremendous, immense, humongous, ... If in doubt we can combine those with super-, ultra-, mega- etc. prefixes :D

[@donaldthomann1613]

Don't forget about the 'behemoth squid'.

[@TheNuclearGeek]

Honestly, Simon, I really wouldn't mind a movie/tv review channel from you and the crew. You know what, you could do it similar to this, as a cold read show where a writer/reviewer watches whatever you want to get a review on and you read their spoiler-free review and inject your tangents into it and end it with a GO/NO-GO for you.

[@RECTALBURRITO]

I've seen you make a lot of comments, you watch his videos as much as me, don't you? DON'T YOU?!

[@ladylight545]

And he doesn’t even have to say “I’ve never read this before” because he’ll have never seen the movie before. Because Simon is Simon and does not watch movies 😅

[@ToxicBottledOstrichNostrils]

Two condescending thumbs down

[@TheNuclearGeek]

@@RECTALBURRITO lol yeah I check out a large portion of their various channels.

[@TheNuclearGeek]

@@ladylight545 Well that is the whole point. His writers or new writers can see a movie as a business expense and then give him their review and he can find out what he should go see and all while making useful content. Seems like wins all around for me. Even makes a couple new jobs probably.

[@andreagriffiths3512]

You can definitely get kuru from eating people - especially if those people are (or were because this was some time ago and things change) in PNG highlands. That’s why it was so prevalent and massively disastrous. It hit the people in the highlands quite hard for a time.

[@zarasbazaar]

If Meg still exists, it seems perfectly reasonable that it lives in Australia.

[@QBCPerdition]

Probably on top of Ayer's Rock 😂

[@timtheskeptic1147]

Yeah, but it has six legs, eye stalks that look like a bunch of grapes and a scorpion tail.

[@coenistheman]

I live in Australia, and you're quite right, if a live meg is gonna be found it'll be in Australian waters.

[@lesleygraham5927]

We've got everything else going on, may as well have the Megaladon😊😊😊

[@TheSecretChateau]

Does Australia really want you giving away their best kept secrets?

[@InsanityPlea100]

Just to be clear. The megladon mariana trench video is real. Apparently it was a unit error (a box in the video used for reference was 3ft and not 3m), and the video was not from the mariana's trench. However, the estimate is that the shark was actually over 20 feet long and a sleeper shark, and so, a size record for that type of shark. Credit to the comment section of that video.

[@erich930]

Real video, but fake claims about its origin and subject. Simon covered it thoroughly in the video.

[@cuatro336]

Still a damn big sleeper shark tho

[@babyruthless9670]

Lol the "you need to be decoded" made me spit my milkshake 😅

[@Bluesit32]

Simon, if you saw "Jaws" as a kid, you would remember. It's a movie that instills phobias in people to this day. That said, if you don't plan on going to the beach any time soon, it's definitely worth the watch. The "USS Indianapolis" scene alone is worth it.

[@matthewlee3868]

I was the weird one in the family, I saw that movie when I was six and it made me love sharks, actually was one of the main reasons I want to college for marine biology. Still think they're one of the most beautiful creatures on this planet. Jaws 1 One of my favorite movies, all the others were kind of meh.

[@Bluesit32]

@@matthewlee3868 Oh, I'm fascinated by sharks as well. I just don't want them near me without there being glass in the way. I remember being at the aquarium and there were lemon sharks on display. They don't have the "black eyes, like a dolls eyes" that other sharks have. I watched as its eye looked at everyone as it passed, the gentle sway of its tail causing it to glide in the water. Amazing to see.

[@alexis-gj6xt]

i haven’t seen the movie and i still have a phobia of sharks because of it lmao

[@graceatkins7486]

When we were younger, some family friends owned a lake house. One night, they set up the projector and watched jaws on inter tubes. During one of the attack scenes, the family friend swam under them and pulled my sister out her tube.😅

[@amandajenkins2267]

See, I saw Jaws as a kid and fell in love with sharks, not develop a phobia of them. I definitely have a healthy respect for them, but Jaws was the first thing for me that inspired a life long love and fascination for these amazing animals. The more I learn about them, the cooler they are to me. I got my BS in Environmental Science hoping to continue onto a marine conservation program to become a shark researcher and conservationist. I worked as a dog groomer to get through school and have just stuck with that (the money is better frankly 😅)

[@Chris-hx3om]

Love the ending. Sharks are SO important to a healthy marine environment. We have a couple of 'shark caves' locally, and I love diving them when I can. Sharks are cool.

[@ravengrey6874]

I occasionally volunteer at an aquarium and the touch tank with sharks in it is my favorite Asking guests “who wants to stick their hand in my tank of sharks” gets great looks each time, then you get to talk about sharks

[@sevrono]

@@ravengrey6874 when i went to ripleys aquarium, i was lined up with the kids to pet a nurse shark

[@noconnection1839]

Shark and cave... that doesn't sound safe. Lol

[@Iris_1217]

Hell, COWS kill more people on average each year than sharks do. We really need the same kind of active pressure against the shark fin harvesting industry that we do against whaling.

[@Chris-hx3om]

@@noconnection1839 You're safer in a cave with sharks than on the streets of some US cities.

[@Lerrae1908]

For those wondering: T. Rex bite force estimated at a minimum 35,000 newtons (a minimum of about 7800 pounds). For reference, human bite force is about 300 newtons. So megalodon would have been about 182000 newtons minimum, or 41k lbs. To make clear just how much sheer power that is, it could have potentially bitten straight through standard steel bars. So like a shark cage for modern species wouldn't have held up until full on charge attack if it was really gunning for you. Those bars would likely have crumpled with a couple of crunches.

[@shuruff904]

it's a dumb movie bro

[@kjamlin]

​@@shuruff904he's not talking about a movie dude

[@wingerding]

Surely the steel would break their teeth.

[@codypickell9299]

I love the commentary, the breaks, and jokes accidentally being repeated at times. Somehow, it actually adds more credibility to the information, along with making it much more interesting lol

[@JBrd79]

The audio glitch just after (36:32) made me immediately think of the movie Goodfellas, when the narrator, Ray Liotta, is introducing some of the main wiseguys, and all of a sudden there's Jimmy Two-Times.... ("I'm gonna go get the papers, get the papers") lol

[@Iflie]

When I grew up one of the beach activities we did was pick up sharkteeth, I thought that was just what everyone did on the beach. But as it turned out in front of our coast there was a earthlayer in the seabed that was ancient and to shore up the beach they would use sand from there so it was just full of these petrified sharkteeth. You had grey ones and black little shiny ones. Nothing massive or rare so you'd just fill your pockets and take them home, same as a pretty shell. There were no sharks actually in the water you swam at that size.

[@twistanturnu529]

This is my comfort video. The 'Jason Statham is pretty hard' bit gets me every time.

[@GabbyE423]

episode idea!! In southern Illinois there's stories about the Thunderbird and Piasa Bird. There's sightings and people have reported getting attacked by them or kids being picked up by them. I don't know how much evidence or anything there is but it would be awesome to hear about it!

[@rahmadrenaldi2624]

Probably just a slightly bigger eagel

[@adamelliott2302]

I lived in Glen Carbon for a while. Occasional trips up the River Road led us to stopping and looking at the Piasa Bird on the bluff. Thanks for bringing that memory back!

[@Chris-hx3om]

Sounds like they need an A&D test!

[@tminer2110]

I seen this as a kid no bs i was maybe 7/ 8 yrs old. My brother about 5. i was one of those kids that just loved animals so I knew what condors where, eagles and the such and everything about them. We where out in front of the house in the driveway. I remember the primal fear when I looked up And seen a huge bird like a one off of a condor but the wing span was easily as wide as the garage. 18-20ft . I remember turning and sayn GET IN THE GARAGE!!!! he looked up in awe and just stood there And once again I screamed GET IN THE GARAGE!!! and we both run for cover. After running to the back door to see this thing as it flew over the garage it was not anywhere to be seen I remember thinking OMG!! its on the roof.... so I creep out and nothn. now im even more scared because I dont know where it was so I ran inside and told everyone they all laughed and laugh and laughed. till 20 yrs later and my uncle was watching a tv show about the one that grabbed that boy in north IL. when he realized it was about 3 days apart from when that happened. The reason he knew the date is because he was back on leave from the air force with his new wife. Still to this day the hair on the back of my neck stands up when I remember that feeling I got when I seen it. I just knew that thing was gonna eat my brother. amd when I couldnt see it fly over the house just thinkn it was on the roof. I know that bird was real! This was just over the WI border not to far from where that kid got grabbed up and his mom watched it.

[@Chris-hx3om]

@@tminer2110 Yeah mate, ya full of it! Do a bit of google searching, that thing is MYTHOLOGICAL, that is, it is NOT REAL. Get yourself off the drugs and booze and get a real job.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

2:30 - Chapter 1 - Meet meg 5:35 - Mid roll ads 7:00 - Back to the video 15:20 - Chapter 2 - Megalodon still exists 15:50 - Chapter 3 - The david stead sighting 18:15 - Chapter 4 - Zane grey's tale 20:35 - Chapter 5 - A shark eat shark world 22:10 - Chapter 6 - The black demon of cortez 23:30 - Chapter 7 - The not so extinct fish 27:30 - Chapter 8 - The discovery of new species 31:30 - Chapter 9 - Did megalodon evolve to live the marianna trench ? 35:45 - Chapter 10 - How do we know Megalodon isn't around anymore ? 38:25 - Chapter 11 - A limited menu 39:15 - Chapter 12 - Why haven't we seen it ? 41:25 - Chapter 13 - It's a conspiracy 43:10 - Chapter 14 - Why do people believe Megalodon is real ? 43:35 - Chapter 15 - Fake documentaries 46:45 - Chapter 16 - Misidentification 48:25 - Conclusion PS: Still hoping for my *Big Foot : Tall Tale of Tall Ape* episode !!!

[@staceyd8397]

Oh the editing on that would be great, all the weird crap out there spliced in And thanks for the chapters

[@Yamp44]

I don't know why people were so hard on The Meg movie. It's a movie about a giant prehistoric shark terrorizing swimmers, of course it's gonna be silly and ludicrous! It's the kind of movie where you turn your brain off and just enjoy the ride while it lasts. 1h after you've seen it, you've mostly forgotten about it, but while you were watching it, you had a good time. I mean, I had fun. Is it just me?

[@gadelle24]

Same. I’m not usually into action/natural disaster movies at all, but this one was so unabashedly silly, unashamed of what it was, and hit all the expected beats perfectly without trying to be anything more than what was advertised, that I had a blast watching it.

[@itsapittie]

I find that enjoying a movie is often about having reasonable expectations going in.

[@magnuswendin7924]

I liked it. Was a fun movie. Was nothing like the book though. I liked the book better.

[@TheStonedEvo]

They’ve made a trillion of those though

[@midwesthorrorfan5213]

Megalodon didn't eat enough people

[@ThatKB89]

There’s just something about the way Simon says okay that soothes my soul

[@stuartmayberry666]

I love how Simon isn't sure if he's seen "Jaws" but he has definitely seen "Pig". I mean, "Pig" is a great movie but it did surprise me that it got a shout-out.

[@timfriday9106]

marine biology is it's own degree and it can be used for a lot of jobs like working at aquariums or working with aquatic animals. Paul Walker from fast and the furious was a marine biologist and genuinely helped conduct research.

[@donaldcarey114]

Marine biology has relatively few jobs because some of the tools one needs (like SHIPS), are expensive to buy and use.

[@danielponder690]

Did not know that about Paul Walker. Requiescat in pace.

[@sabrinaschell4938]

What I hate about the theory that Megalodon evolved to live in deeper ocean, evolved to eat less food, or evolved to scavenge means it’s NOT a Megalodon! It’s a new species!

[@arminaskitty3177]

The Meg was absolute trash and I loved every second of its stupidity. If you’re going in expecting a trash movie you can thoroughly enjoy how ridiculous it is and how most of the actors know it and are just having a good time.

[@fuzzysteve]

It's an entertaining film. That's all I ask for 😊 just like Battleship and Pacific Rim. Dumb films, with no real message, but entertaining.

[@Aztesticals]

Same. Went to it with a girl I was hanging with. She loved shity action movies, and I did too. We both walked out with stupid smiles and laughter talking about all of the dumb moments and stupid plot devices. And it was still so fun to watch

[@andreagriffiths3512]

I,loved the books - corny as hell but entertaining.

[@clumsykitten0076]

​@@andreagriffiths3512 same. I read them as a teenager and thought they were pretty good so when the movie came out I went with low expectations and had a good time😂

[@MCrvngraddip2013]

Like Sharknado 😂

[@scottym.9077]

Simon’s ADD was absolutely firing on all cylinders when he filmed this. 😂

[@briannavalentine8195]

Awesome episode! A decoding the unknown episode on the black devil sounds like a great idea! I'd love to hear about it and big foot. Imagine Simon having to read about him!

[@personzorz]

Your wish is his command

[@rhiannajenkins3654]

I actually recommend The Meg as a goofy movie viewing. Obviously not to be taken seriously but for watching with friends, it's a pretty good time!

[@ardenalexa94]

You should do one on gustav, the giant crocodile in Africa. It’s scary how big he is.

[@MrSmile078]

Was* I believe he died a while ago

[@ardenalexa94]

@@MrSmile078 I looked it up and he’s still alive. He’s old but alive.

[@TheCommanderCain]

As someone with a home pod, i do LOVE when Simon is whenever he yells at his Siri mine always answers… and I also have his issue with it being boarderline useless..

[@adamengroff1967]

I love that fact boi continues to use Siri despite how absolutely horrible it is

[@jimbowers1693]

For such an intelligent man, I'm amazed that you haven't seen Jaws before. It is a true cinema classic

[@NattyGlizzy]

"Unless you believe in that 6000 year old earth thing, you need to be decoded" LMAO best quote ever

[@juliasophical]

I dunno, funny as that is, I laughed more at Simon's incredulous "I just can't believe we aren't snacking on each other more!" 🤣

[@badluck5647]

Don't let the lizardpeople at the Illuminati trick you. God made the flat Earth 6000 years ago. -Q

[@bc64100]

LMAO EVERY TIME THEY CLAIM CLIMATE CHANGE THAT THE REAL HOAX

[@Rifter-]

Loving Ilze's scripts. Keep up the good work!

[@davidgannon5388]

26:29 - Reminds me of the lines in "Real Genius": PROFESSOR: Ah, Mr. Knight! Still run? KNIGHT: Only when chased.

[@amandajones661]

Simon going on a tangent about participating in cannibalism is hilarious. 😅😅😅

[@jmarshal]

This episode is especially unhinged and that’s fantastic.

[@jakefrost5651]

with regards to cannibalism, other concerns are that human meat could carry pathogens which you would also be susceptible to, which is part of why animals rarely engage in cannibalism! of course, cooking prevents that, but not prion diseases if the dead person had one. also it's currently unknown how many people in the uk have latent vcjd from the mad cow scare 😳 some research indicates that some genotypes tend to have a much longer latency period for prion diseases while others show up fairly quickly after infection. finally, there's actually genetic evidence that prion diseases once caused such an epidemic among humans that most humans are actually somewhat resistant to them because there's a certain genotype that gives you a small amount of protection and it is VASTLY more common and seems to trace back to a certain point in human evolution. anyway cannibalism/prion disease episode when

[@JessWLStuart]

Ugh! 28:51 The idea of 2004 being a long time ago just makes me feel old! LOL!

[@tcinfantino]

Simon, I highly recommend the movie The Meg. But, I really suggest watching the original Jaws before watching The Meg. Part of the fun of the newer movie is some of the references and callbacks to Jaws.

[@ElizabethHernandez-qv5qn]

I watched your cannibalism video a couple of days ago and when you told us that, I too was surprised like you. I thought you would get sick as well!

[@jacquelinebright807]

We taught our youngest to say ‘I see dead people’ whenever she was spoken to. It was just after sixth sense was released. It freaked out the Grandparents much to our delight

[@kevinburt44]

That is evil, but bloody funny 😂😂😂

[@pamanhanuman1334]

When I was a kid I wanted to be a marine biologist because of Jacques Cousteau 👍👊

[@badluck5647]

Megalogon: Science Fiction Sharknado: Real

[@Julia-uh4li]

Nice one 🦈 🌪🤣

[@RHCole]

Megaladong: The newest porn sensation

[@ladydainwinters8564]

Well done. Bravo from this BS in Marine Zoology, emphasis chondro ichthyology. The Megladon, based on what we know about it's size and it's prey, was a warm coastal waters fish. It could not hide in the wide open cold oceans. Even if it could, it's infants could not. This is not a fish or cephalopod with a slow metabolism that can starve for months like many Bathypelagic, Abyssopelagic, and Hadopelagic fish. It's body was to big and not soft enough meaning it would be crushed by pressure. Like some of it's modern shark cousins, it would need to constantly swim to breath, many modern sharks do not need to do this. This would demand a huge diet. All of which you stated. Megladon is long gone. If you love sharks, like I do, lets work on saving the ones that are still here.

[@davidjenkins2429]

Excellent comment ❤

[@danesorensen1775]

"Bathypelagic" is now my word of the day.

[@4lyeskas]

This comment is almost a year old but thanks for sending me down a very fun rabbit hole of aquatic life at midnight 😂

[@dennismacdonald2003]

Simon u bring up great subjects, crazy about 3 hrs aday I watch Simon who needs tv lol😂

[@Mr.Schitzengigglez]

I'm from a fishing town, off of the Grand Banks. I've never heard of anyone seeing a Meglodon. But, I have heard of pieces of squid being caught in drag nets, that defy what is commonly accepted. Also, I've heard of whales, with fatal bites in their bodies, that are so large, that my sea faring friends have no explanation for what may have caused the wounds. These are people that I would trust with my life, and I believe that they believe what they told me, to be truth. We have much to learn about the ocean. I am certain of that.

[@LifeofZeke29]

colossal groupers can sometimes eat and attack whales and sharks

[@Mr.Schitzengigglez]

@@LifeofZeke29 yeah. But, I'm talking about guys who have spent their lives on the open ocean. The type that make harnesses for on deck shark rodeos in their free time. They know about groupers, and every other thing out there. Still, they have no explanation for the things that they don't tell many people about

[@THESLICKNESSEDM]

Yeah it's so big out there and most of the predators come out at night when we are usually sleeping I'm sure giant squid and other unknown species lurk in the depths I stay for from the deep waters lol

[@spacedandy7555]

@@Mr.Schitzengigglez Source: Trust me, bro. Your friends may be fisherman but they are not biologists and hate to break it to you. They seem very prone to confirmation bias.

[@cleverusername9369]

Fishermen are famously notorious for hyperbole and exaggeration.

[@GregColton]

Love the “Incredible Thoughts” reference! Pop Star is a highly underrated movie.

[@craigleech3050]

Danny panicking over Simon's new found cannibalism 😭

[@andreagriffiths3512]

Danny would do well to find a meal subscription kit that delivers to Simon 😬

[@colenattermann9464]

I'm glad I'm not the only parent teaching our kids odd stuff. My kids call Canadian geese Cobra Chickens. They know the proper name but we prefer cobra.

[@jojofarley4511]

When my daughter was 3 we moved from a rural area to L.A, first time she saw pigeons she called them "city chickens"... to me they will forever be city chickens. Lol

[@theflyingdutchguy9870]

the megalodon "encounters" are usually just a big shark. people are often confused. often they are scared or havent seen it before and because of that they explode it in their mind. it happens a lot with things like alligators and snakes. like a snake catcher gets a call of someone saying they have a 15 foot python in their house. they get there and find the giant, and it turns out to be like a third the size😂. same with gators. people often blow up the proportions. saying it a 10 foot gator while its really 4 foot

[@ardenalexa94]

There’s an alligator that’s huge called I believe, gustav. It’s in Africa. Scary as hell. But most alligators are a lot smaller than him.

[@theflyingdutchguy9870]

​@@ardenalexa94 it was a nile crocodile. they get pretty huge. alligators are only found in the US and a species in china. they are quite a bit smaller than nile crocodiles.

[@tired1923]

I had the hilarious experience of watching an adult ask a 3yo what kind of animal the octopus was, expecting them to say a fish, only for the 3yo to answer “the octopus is a cephalopod”. the adult was blown away. kids are so fucking funny without even knowing it.

[@wtfpwnz0red]

Am I the only one who caught that Simon said 2008 was five years ago? Was this filmed in 2013? Plot twist: he's actually already retired, and he's just recorded a deep enough back catalog to keep releasing videos for the next three decades

[@mandywalkden-brown7250]

Siri noticed!

[@RealElongatedMuskrat]

I thought I kept mishearing him haha

[@molotovick]

He meant to say 2018

[@molotovick]

5 years ago was 2018

[@wtfpwnz0red]

@@molotovick that's what they want you to think

[@pakde8002]

Finally, an episode where Simon doesn't kill Santa in the first sentence.

[@Chris-hx3om]

That Australian shark tag 'mystery' has been well and truly explained. What eats a 3m Great White? Turns out, it's a 5m Great White. Hunt down the documentary 'The Search for the Ocean's Super Predator'...

[@Mac11Mike]

You believe an oversized great white suffering from a disease took it's prey that deep that easy that fast? And you don't believe the megladon still exists? 😂

[@throwaway450]

​@@Mac11Mike Megaladon existing makes absolutely 0 sense because the only place it can exist without being seen is a place that has 0 viable food options for something that big. A megalodon cannot get sufficient energy from krill, plankton and whale-fall, nor can it produce energy in the way phytoplankton can. Meg isn't alive just like hollow earth isn't real, because it makes 0 logical sense.

[@jasonsearle7832]

It was probably a killer whale they often take the liver from great white sharks and could have easily taken the tag with them

[@Chris-hx3om]

@@jasonsearle7832 I just told you what it was, and it wasn't a killer whale. You must be american. READ THE DAMN POST!

[@twoheadedtasmanian1481]

@@jasonsearle7832 my guess a giant squid, they are know to be around New Zealand waters and it’s only a stones throw away where the shark was taken they are also are known to be deep water creatures and would explain the rapid decent to deep water.

[@victoriaeads6126]

They have reconstructed the musculature of the T Rex' skull and tested its bite strength. It was...impressive. They have also done this to an extent with Megalodon, though sharks don't fossilize well, so they may have used extant species like the Great White as analogs for the Meg.

[@jeffdroog]

Not that we would have any idea what those muscles were capable of doing,just what they looked like lol So it's laughably useless.

[@nicholaslewis8594]

Pretty sure using the muscle build of living relatives and animals in a similar niche you can at least get some idea of how much muscle, along with where the muscle would have room for on the fossil.

[@resileaf9501]

@@jeffdroog An educated guess can still be useful even if we'll never know for certain.

[@itarry4]

They can estimate faulty accurately the muscle size and density etc of dinosaurs because of the marks left in the bone where the muscles attached. Muscles leave fairly clear scares and how to estimate from them is well understood from the work done on modern animals that we can study. Oddly while the fully grown adults bite was amazingly strong, something like 35,000 newton's with humans at 300 so newtons, the bite of a juvenile was considerably weaker which is part of why they think T Rex might have stayed with it's young to help it hunt or the young were scavengers.

[@jeffdroog]

@Ian Tarry All of the is speculation.Just because fossil muscles look a certain way,does not mean for any reason they would have acted in any way we could imagine today.We have seen similar structures in modern animals,that look the same,but function completely differently in either animal for whatever reason.We wouldn't have any idea what the muscles of dinosaurs would have even been made of.

[@bradlevantis913]

Kudos to Ilze for sneaking her next topic in to the script

[@Obama8mycatHQ.]

Day 1 of me asking Simon to turn up the volume on his mic slightly So i don't get jump scared by ads because my volume is on full blast to hear you 🤣

[@kishna14]

I love Simon's relationship with Siri lol

[@sythiadawn]

I just want to add that the Orca is actually a member of the dolphin family. It's not a whale or a shark.

[@spacedandy7555]

Dolphins are technically whales..

[@Bluesit32]

It shows in their disturbing behavior.

[@jamesjellis]

​@@Bluesit32the thing is that while not all whales are dolphins, all dolphins ARE whales so...

[@jillking5876]

A crayfish is like a miniature lobster

[@Sebastian-vt6rg]

I have to take the opportunity, unfortunately I can't resist it: "Shut up, Meg!"

[@amandashaw1977]

how about a video on leptocephali, the babies of gulper eels and the like? It was a mystery for a long time what they were, even classed as a separate species

[@Frogmood]

I definitely grew up under the impression that eating other people would mess up your brain. Also, that tiger anecdote is perfect 😂

[@CarynCode]

My husband (supposedly) tried to teach his little sister that horses eat hay and zombies eat the flesh of the living. Of course, she got it wrong, and was so adorable doing it that it was reinforced. Hence the 6 year old at our wedding telling people the "horses eat the flesh of the living."

[@BionAvastar3000]

They have been known to eat chickens

[@JacquelineUnderwood]

Lots of herbivores have been known to munch on corpses to get extra calcium 👀 it’s horrifying to see

[@zotha]

A horse bit my finger while I tried to feed it an apple slice, that kid knows the truth

[@Zepplin76]

The sponsor I'm most interested in is the scalp shaving device Simon uses.

[@Busto]

Simon: I don't think I have ever seen "Jaws". Me: Nothing is real anymore

[@Nefville]

This one's Megalobullsh!t. I love watching Simon destroy these theories with facts and a good writer.

[@playedout148]

Yep. I want it to be true but it ain't.

[@maradjade1848]

The Meg with Jason Statham was actually really good for an action movie. Probably the best one I have seen in the last 10 years.

[@stewartthorpe2533]

We need a clip compilation of Simon and siri interactions 😆

[@CarleyGoshaw28]

There was a Discovery documentary I saw recently that claimed to have shark DNA from a Tiger shark biting a rope. Having studied (human) forensics, I was curious of how much DNA could’ve survived on the rope being dragged through the water -AND THEN they said they had saliva from the sharks mouth, and sharks do NOT have salivary glands🥲 It’s disappointing that Discovery has been going this direction as of late.

[@claireecarroll691]

The Atlantis callback at 39:55, love it!

[@EmilyJelassi]

Excellent writing Ilze! Loved the ending.. sharks are an important part of their marine environment and they need to be protected and preserved! Unfortunately, the Discovery channel has already started their descent into stupidity. I remember when I could turn it on and actually learn something.. now it’s become a channel with Bigfoot “hunting” shows. How these things are somehow more than a couple of shows tops baffles me. Just like the Megalodon, Bigfoot doesn’t exist! I’ve given up on the History and the Discovery channels.

[@stormbowman7148]

I like the reference with the daughter and the tiger. I tought my kids the difference on several dinosaurs from very early on and how to pronounce their names. It's just funny to watch people listen in on a conversation at the doctor's waiting room: "No daddy! That is a Triceratops, not a Brachiosaurus, and that one is a Pachycephalosaurus"... yeah, my kids are smart... lol...

[@Activate172]

"I cant believe I made it to 30 before I realised I could eat people and it was only morally wrong" - Simon Whistler 2023

[@toxxicx]

simon: what if it just had a really big mouth and tiny body? the megamouth: just you wait

[@lordchipo]

New theory: Simon knows the truth about everything on this channel but he is paid by the government and Atlantis to keep the truth hidden.

[@dominicvandermerwe2092]

Before I even watch this, "Yes it's gone no doubt about it." I am South African and lived in Namibia for a while. my grade 1 teacher's father was on the boat that re-discovered the coelacanth, and it was off the border coastline of Namibia and South Africa.

[@tahlialysse]

"James Cameron, he just loves being underwater. What's up with that guy?" -Fact Boi, 2023

[@yoyo7718]

The thing about the Meg, is that I thought to myself. "I know Jason Statham is in this, and he always like 1v1s his bad guys. But surely he won't physically fight the 70 foot shark". And then I was thankfully proven wrong as he clings to the Meg and punches it in the eyes at the end of the movie

[@victoriaeads6126]

I've visited one of the areas where shark fossil teeth can be found. I've found some cool fossils, but I haven't been lucky enough to find a Meg tooth. They are among the species occasionally found in that area.I found shark teeth, skate teeth, dolphin bone fossils, and even a whale vertebra fossil.

[@donaldcarey114]

If you find a black fossil bone that looks like a deformed hand weight, about 6 to 8 inches long it could be a whale's inner ear bone. I live in S.W. Florida and have found a couple.

[@btetschner]

A+ video! It is even more intriguing because the vastness of the ocean could allow it to still live....possibly.

[@Kspizzy]

No

[@bo7341]

As a paleonerd when I saw this video I was ready to go on a huge rant about how asinine this theory is, but Ilze pretty much covered it. Excellent work!

[@nolaanderson6884]

James Camron has found over one hundred new species during all of his dives

[@Rachelpinter]

Hey Factboy! I have an idea for an episode. I'm from Connecticut and there is a legend about the Old Leather Man. It would be interesting to hear your take on it.

[@charlesjmouse]

This is rapidly becoming another Simon meme: "Hey Siri..." "...Siri is so s__t!"

[@MCsCreations]

I'm going to be surprised when any of those monstrous squid gets out of the water and screams "IT'S A TRAP!"

[@charleslmichael26]

I actually listen to your videos as podcast on spotify, but I will come to KZbin just to leave a comment and upvote. Thank you for your amazing work.

[@Dan19870]

Thanks for the Cannibalism tip Simon. I always believed that chowing down on other humans gave you the shakes.

[@Selanium]

Came for the Megaladon, stayed for Simons recipes for preparing human 😂😂😂😂

[@7Lace77]

Even tho it would be terrifying, I think we all deep down wish these creatures still existed, including Big Face and teh rest.

[@Magepure6749]

Simon: _James Cameron just loves being underwater or some reason, whats up with that guy?_ Me: _...maybe he likes, I dunno... _*_DECODING THE UNKNOWN_*_ of ocean's abyss_

[@TheNuclearGeek]

Megalodon: Dies because the water got too cold. Conspiracy Theorists: "It's alive in the deepest, darkest, COLDEST parts of the ocean!" History Channel Enthusiast: "Aliens took them away!" Rational People: 🤨