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Description
A megalodon, or giant white shark, swimming behind a great white and basking shark.
Everyone probably remembers the terrifying great white shark of the movie Jaws. Yet this shark species had a larger brother, aptly named the giant white shark, or megalodon. Based on recovered teeth from this shark (its skeleton was composed of cartilage, which decomposes, leaving only the teeth), its official length was estimated at 40-55 ft. long, compared to 20-25 ft. for the great white shark. Megalodon is thought by evolutionists to have died out millions of years ago.
In 1927, author Zane Grey spied a huge, slate-grey colored shark while sailing in the South Pacific, and measuring considerably more than his 35-40 ft. boat. In 1933, Grey's son, while sailing northwest of Rangiroa, also sighted a titanic shark, its head alone measuring an estimated at 10-12 ft. across, and its total length around 40-50 ft. long. Unlike the speckled spots of the whale shark (a plankton feeder and the largest known fish in the sea today), this shark was yellowish in color.
The fishermen of New South Wales tell of a great fish which frequents their waters, which they refer to as "the Lord of the Deep." They tell of an enormous shark, far larger than a whale shark, which is able to tow away their extremely heavy crayfish pots, strung together and lying on the ocean floor, which are 3-4 ft. long. The fishermen report that the shark is white, and they estimate its length to be from 115-300 ft. long!
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