Real Reason Why Megalodon Went Extinct

The Megalodon is the scariest creature to have ever swam beneath the ocean's surface, and today you're going to get an up-close and personal look at the true apex predator! Check out these 50 insane facts about the most terrifying real-life monster that you can be glad went extinct, at least that's what we hope!
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[@DarkbugC]

I have an exam tomorrow, and here I am learning "50 Insane Facts About Megalodon".

[@timmeeyh6523]

how did it go?

[@terrafirma5327]

For all we know, there could have been an even bigger species of giant squid that could have hunted megalodon. The beak isn't necessarily preserved in a recognizable way.

[@terrafirma5327]

@Brilliant Movie Shots I mean, basing it on the giant squid but why not? We wouldn't know if it was the case.

[@Freddo0000]

Still has no chance against the sharks bite force

[@vras4659]

@@Freddo0000 unless it was humongous

[@terrafirma5327]

@@Freddo0000 Maneuverability matters. Giant squids can prey on great whites.

[@emperoralberteon4936]

No

[@justsomeguywholovesberserk6375]

Comparing a Shark to a Megaladon is like comparing Serbia to Russia

[@scatdawg1]

Megaladon isn't that big... the blue whale we have today is substantially bigger. In fact the blue whale is the biggest living thing ever to exist

[@matthewwelsh294]

Well it was a shark 😂 😂

[@devinmartin3324]

Comparing your post to a statement that wasn't a waste of the time it took to read it , is like comparing Bigfoot to a snipe.

[@HarveyZhang-yp9kp]

No, comparing the smallest country compared to Russia, the smallest country is just 4km^2 in area.

[@jjcoola998]

Or Europeans to Americans weight wise

[@johntaylor-lo8qx]

How can anyone not love this fine channel ???. My 14yr old son introduced me here. Gr8 work, thank you 🙏.

[@furrykitty2859]

When i lived in panama, there was a museum next to the panama canal, which was close to my school, so we would go on field trips occasionally, and there was an entire megalodon jaw. THere was a tank nearby, and when i was still learning spanish, i thought that the guide had said that there was a megalodon in there(there wasnt, but i tried to look for it for a while)

[@M3PH11]

by tank do mean like a t-72 or an M1A2 abrams or a fish tank? Coz i'm not sure you gonna get a megaldon in an Abrams. Just saying.

[@beelor5777]

"Megalodon looks more like the mako shark than the great white" Continues to portray megalodons as great whites. Lol

[@ThrillSeeker3524]

I once saw a man wear a 5 inch Megalodon tooth around his neck on a heavy gold chain with a jewel-encrusted gold cap, and I just wear a 2.5 inch tooth around my neck on a silver chain

[@kaiza9184]

Wooooooooooooooooow

[@somebodyelse766]

At least you have a neck, I lost mine in a poker game... ♦️

[@jjcoola998]

Feeling like a loser with no tooth related jewelry 😭😭

[@Михалыч-е2у]

Shoulda ripped it off him and ran😂easy money

[@JujuBennie]

guacamole! my notification list has EXPLODED with all your new videos!!

[@GavinTh3Goat]

Love the tremors reference!

[@MusicLord999]

Just when I became bored, you uploaded! 😁🤩

[@PershingOfficial]

Battlefield 4. That’s all that needs to be said

[@jjcoola998]

Most disappointing egg ever

[@AwokenEntertainment]

I refuse to believe the Megalodon doesn't exist anymore.. the ocean so vastly unexplored that anything can hide from us in it..

[@Matthew-Anthony]

There could be many animals that are thought to be extinct which could still exist in the world. However, the megalodon is not one of them. It is simply too large for it to have not been discovered. Its appetite requires that it eat a lot of food, most notably whales. There is no way that it could have not been noticed by now.

[@bushdidharambe4219]

As has already been stated, animals being thought to have been extinct and then showing up is possible and has happened; however those animals were small or extremely elusive, a megalodon is just too large to hide for so long. Simply put it eats so much that there would be mostly eaten whale carcasses washing up in beaches daily in large numbers. While whale carcasses do pop up on shore or in the ocean and have teeth marks/bites taken out you can see the bites are much smaller than the megalodon’s bite. A megalodon would bite whales in half, simply unseen today. Sorry man.

[@the_gaming_hyena24]

Sadly that’s not the case. There are too many factors that completely ensure that the Shark is extinct. If it was still alive, we would know

[@Jules279]

The closest we got is the Great White and look how we treat them😖.

[@Matthew-Anthony]

@@Jules279The great white shark is actually, ridiculously fragile. It🦈 can not survive being in captivity in the same way that other marine animals do. The world record for the longest time a great white shark has survived after being caught is SIX WEEKS. That record is also far longer than the second place record. In other words, the most fearsome ocean predator (not including orcas) in the entire world, can not manage to remain alive, even when humans do everything they can to try to keep it from dying. Truth really is stranger than fiction.

[@Veran42]

I love your videos. They are always quite interesting, looking forward to the next one.

[@hartshock4447]

Naturally being the best part of the day, a new episode lol

[@wingzero7316]

I dont think it's a new episode. It a re-upload. .

[@andresmartin67]

It would be really scary if this one will be alive today Thank god we have Jason Statham

[@ravagex8725]

Make no mistake, Livyatan was the ancestor of modern day Killer Whales - Orcas. The very same animals that torture biggest and most aggressive great white sharks for hours by drowning them and devouring their livers laughing like psychopaths of the sea. There is a huge chance that Livyatan used the same shark-destroying tactics over Megalodon. Especially if it hunted in PODS like Orcas.

[@starlight0313]

Tasty great white liver *mmmmmmmmmm*

[@emperoralberteon4936]

livyatan was NOT the ancestor of orca

[@johnrobert2148]

Livyatan is not similar to an orca by any means. And its impossible for any animal more than 50ft to perform that kind of move. Bite and slice would've work better for killing. And only meg has that for an animal of its size

[@snakepeoplejerry562]

the ancestors of spermwhale not orca

[@brandondavis7777]

I want whatever drugs you're on.

[@VenomOperator]

Everyone in their 20s when he said Liopleurodon: "A MAGICAL LIOPLEURODON!"

[@GothPaoki]

Lots of parallel with big mammals of the time. Bigger doesn't equal better. It often hinders the animal instead. Small mammals thrives while big went extinct. Short birth cycles, less need for food and more accessible food sources all play a part. Pretty much same story with megalodon. Smaller sharks even ancestors of the great white outcompeted it out of the food chain. The temperature change also played a part.

[@no.step.on.snek.2423]

9mm guys : " with modern advancements in ammo tech today, the 9mm is certainly adequate for megalodon defense"

[@jjcoola998]

Than 200 gun nerds descend on the comments and each other like a shark feasting on some animal

[@VenomOperator]

Also 9mm guys: "17+1 rounds of Horndy critical defense out of my XD would stop it" 😂😂😂

[@Ready_Set_Boom]

I bet lyvaithan traveled in pods like dolphins and could pose a danger to megaledon.

[@vesuvius115]

I doubt it, livyatan was nearly the size of Megalodon and the two were most likely solitary predators due to said size.

[@deenutt7138]

Your videos are good but it would be so much more enjoyable if you would also include the metric system

[@jjcoola998]

Just watch the European video site, oh wait there isn’t one lol 😈

[@chasehilliar9753]

I mean...You could learn both..🤷‍♂️

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff

[@TheShaoJay]

I love your videos. Can you consider adding metric system to your vids please?

[@robertmartinjr.6292]

The Megladon had a contemporary rival. The Livyatan Mevillei aka the Leviathan whale which was monstrous whale. Also there was also other raptorial whales such as the Brygmophyseter which were like the killer whales of that era.

[@Bigloneliness]

I love informations about megalodon

[@veronblack3302]

Let me see a Megalodon go against a pack of Orca's and come out alive.

[@jjcoola998]

This would be really interesting depending on the pack size actually!!

[@boyankovachev7982]

@@jjcoola998 Well, if it's a normal 4-5 orcas pack, I would bet on them.

[@ben10azabenyy94]

Orcas gonna get beat down 💀

[@dannyjones2100]

A group of whales are called a pod.

[@rexie8569]

Sharks: Being an Apex for so long Killer Whales: I will avenge my brothers

[@snakepeoplejerry562]

I don't think a pod of orcas can flip and paralyze the meg

[@Lost_goober]

Great video as always

[@christinehazard9641]

I look forward to enjoying your videos everyday- I learn so many fascinating things

[@Blkbeard21]

How is it that I learn more off a KZbin channel that I did in school

[@robs2445]

50? That’s crazy.

[@banana_hunterxd588]

No worry is ok i deal with half these creatures everyday in ark and what you mean mosasoraus cant defeat megaladon (in ark the megaladon is quite weak and not very big while mosasoraus is way bigger and way stronger)

[@johnshields6852]

Megalodon's size was probably part of the extinction factors, I mean this creature couldn't just eat an average size fish or mammal to survive, it needed high fat content animals in the same way great whites need them, I live near cape cod mass. and in my youth back in the 60's and 70's there were very few great whites because there were no seals, now the seals are back and the great whites have made a huge comeback, I think that's exactly what happened to meg, for whatever reasons, probably many reasons the Meg couldn't sustain itself. I also believe Meg was very close to a great white, nearly identical to great whites, only likely 3 times it's size, one of the most amazing creatures ever to live.

[@firstnamelastname9215]

There’s a lot of land sharks now and days

[@Slicer1475]

The cookie cutter shark is king. They've eaten submarines; which isn't even organic material and is a man made weapon, and survived.

[@alantaylor353]

I can quite easily imagine that the popular image of the Megalodon is completely wrong.! Like how we believed that Dinosaur's were all blandly coloured & scaly until it was discovered they had feathers & were possibly brightly coloured..!

[@IKEMENOsakaman]

Oof I have a phobia of sharks, and I shouldn't have watched this vid!

[@deskeater2438]

Same here, I am scared of them and have salasophobia

[@Plumeria808]

I have a meg tooth. It’s absolutely beautiful

[@brettpalmer1770]

Didn't Leviathan live in pods?

[@RikaMiarunua]

You might want to take a relook at your possible predator's of megalodon. It was pray for even its own kind and its own ancestors that were still lingering. There have been many reports and findings that tell of Meg's being food for many other creatures including the Ictyosour family, (Yes I can't spell.) some ancient whales, and even other marine creatures. I do not have the exact information on hand, But I do know that it DID get hunted by other creatures through out the time of its estimated existence.

[@urm0mm476]

thumbnail is unaccurate trex is 13 meters meg is 15 to 18 meters

[@jared9933]

Ready for this vid

[@Woopor]

I’m sticking to my theory that the megalodon never existed and was just a normal sized shark with an abnormally large tooth

[@lilycreeper5246]

Fun fact: leviathan is the Bible name for T-Rex (We think)

[@-AtomsPhere-]

No, crocodile is leviathan (we think)

[@blaineg8814]

@@-AtomsPhere- no the chicken is leviathan (we think)

[@-AtomsPhere-]

@@blaineg8814 😂

[@corpsersa8017]

After playing subnatica Im never going in the ocean again😅😂

[@RobertCollins14]

Strange musical track choice, but fun video.

[@devo1977s]

I wonder what a pod of killer whales would do if there was a Meg near them

[@brokenbridge6316]

interesting video

[@nexpro6118]

Im shocked these massive sharks lived as long as they did, considering the fact that they NEED to eat thousands of pounds of food per day

[@alanmike6883]

Fact. All you need is Jason Statham to defeat one 😊👍

[@rdc61]

Long and cool vid, nc.

[@ianalderman9290]

Got a megalodon tooth in the mail today, go to KZbin and bam! Here I am. Thanks Infographics! 😊

[@justinc6962]

I bought a 6in Indonesian meg tooth last month. It's unreal how big their teeth were.

[@aaronfernandes3525]

They exists, still haven’t found them.

[@xtinct2816]

i think orcas can take down a meg with their smarts

[@resonatingjas9167]

I'm sorry, but they are wrong to say that great white sharks are responsible for the most bites. That is just factually inaccurate. They are actually relatively peaceful creatures and don't attack unless they mistake you for food. (having no natural predators) The often let go after the first bite when they realize that you aren't they're typical meal source (they honestly have terrible eyesight, so a lot of attacks are a case of mistaken identieity.)

[@brandondavis7777]

Most attacks are actually "taste tests". And humans taste like trash, which is why most let go.

[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

While cartilage does break-down a lot quicker than bone does, under the right combination of conditions, it actually can fossilize; however, that combination of conditions very, very rarely come together.

[@ShoutingHarp]

Surprised the meg from sea of thieves wasn't here

[@cityhd8916]

Day 4 of asking for a video on cte ❤️😌

[@MsHarpsychord]

I'm a magical leuploridon Charlie!

[@simonderdin6081]

Could you use the metric system in your videos?

[@caesarjackson8230]

5:53 is he snoring lol

[@stevecopper1667]

Fun fact Vince McMahon has a t-rex skull in his office I always thought that was because of something said on an old Simpsons episode when Homer says Mr Burns all his money and everything there's one thing he can't buy Lisa: what's that dad Homer:. A dinosaur But that's just what I think

[@martinboyer2992]

I know what could make short work of the Meg. SCP-682

[@reneseguin1200]

The orcas might of put out a fight, as they normally attack as a pod.

[@solemvow6281]

5:55 that shark is missing its right fin

[@anthonycade9034]

Beginning of the video said trex had the strongest bite force then the crocodile came along?

[@uzesamaX]

Cool video, though it's rather unfair to compare a big fish of the Neogene against a Cambrian predator (when complex life was trying to develop sensory organs, that's why Anomalocaris ruled the oceans) or compare it to a Devonian predator (when creatures were working into using calcium and Dunkleosteus was one the first to develop a yaw, not a filter feeding method), or even worse, comparing it to fresh water predators or ambush predators from the era of lizards...

[@syamilfauzi3193]

facts about Leviathan Melvileei next

[@billblaski9523]

This is actually Megalodon 50 facts

[@MUNDITO1974]

Yuppp no one comes close as these guys do with graphics .....

[@ayimmali2893]

Is this a repeat content???Tot Infographics already upload this info years ago??🤔🤔🤔

[@mattandrewsalamida9369]

how about the legendary karken

[@jeffeiyac]

we not a snack we a puffy Cheeto to it

[@Joemama-fn3xx]

"Hey look it's your mom"

[@toby8266]

Yo info what wrong wit da mic ?

[@LemoNanora]

Most important question does a Megalodon say "a"

[@Iamvictor78]

Extinct? Did y'all look everywhere?

[@PhinsBlazers]

the meg vs jaws

[@sydneyice]

The great white shark does have a predator, orcas. Orcas love shark liver

[@godofgods4595]

Idk about South Carolina but I know some teeth was found off the coast of N.C

[@magicalbiped1855]

White shark isn’t the cause of the most human attacks.

[@bobsuruncle6762]

1:37 so 8” right?

[@Captainball439]

:) that’s a big fish

[@robswatosh1934]

Man, I hope "L" and "Queen" see this. "Turn the likes up. Baby." Get out. Lol. Rob.

[@Gnilretsam]

Chuck Norris fished then extinction

[@AinzBMGO.]

I Just Realized that Sharks Don't have bones only their mouth that's why they don't have like Fish Bone or ribs

[@AinzBMGO.]

Wow okay Toxic 😒

[@AinzBMGO.]

@Kris De Roo ik shark has cartilaginous skeleton but thats not bone

[@redneckshaman3099]

I'm addicted to pigger nussy 😎

[@mac23806]

Did someone say apex predator....oh you meant in underwater not in...apex legends 😞

[@Quwucuqin]

Orca * new food

[@EJ-xk9pg]

Orcas are known to hunt sharks and eat sharks

[@Lady_Chalk]

I keep meaning to own a piece of coprolite.

[@MrRezRising]

Gonna guess: Not enough food bc of a mass extinction.

[@AdoniasAlbuquerqueEng]

1 ft = 0,30m

[@EquilRoomProductions]

YES

[@randomr5233]

God loves you

[@johnnls94]

Dunno but Giant sharks mate

[@oggarboom7002]

Hi

[@lilycreeper5246]

1 view 17 likes

[@plasma-]

Could you possibly do me a favor, you reading this, and have an amazing day?

[@Traumatize-Atom]

how did megaladon size slowly go down its already extinct from 100 feet to 67 feet