Shark-submarine. Is the mysterious predator - megalodon - alive?

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:43

Most ichthyologists believe that the terrible white sharks, called "megalodon", have long since become extinct. However, there are theories and facts that suggest that the submarine shark (as this subspecies of white sharks was called) still lives somewhere out there, in the abyss of the ocean depths, inaccessible to humans. Let's try to understand this issue, based on the records of scientists, their findings and theories.

The story of David George Stead

David George Stead was one of the most famous and respected scientists in the field of ichthyology. It was his story, published after his death, that became a real sensation and made it possible to doubt that the great white shark-submarine does not exist.

In 1918, the young scientist worked in Australia and was responsible for commercial fishing on the South Shores. At this time, a letter arrives from a major port to the state agency in charge of fishing, demanding a thorough check of one sensitive issue. Fishermen claimed that a terrible creature lives off the coast of Australia,an unknown fish of such menacing size that they are all afraid to go out to sea.

Terrible meeting

A heartbreaking story awaited him on the shore… The fishermen on the ship went out to sea and went to the place where they were fixed in the depths of the lobster traps. Divers, descending into the depths in order to unhook the cables of the traps, went up with incredible speed. Quickly climbing on deck, they reported that a huge shark was in the depths. The divers said that the shark easily absorbed the traps with the catch one after another. But they were fixed with steel cables! And it didn't bother her at all. Suddenly, the shark appeared in front of the eyes of the rest of the fishing team. Forgetting about the catch, they quickly started their engines and left the terrible place.

Of course, as a scientist, David George Stead understood that sharks with a body length of more than thirty meters cannot exist. But there was no point in lying to the frightened fishermen. No one dared to go and check, get any evidence then. The fishermen flatly refused to go out to sea.

Ship "Rachel Cohen"

After several decades, the submarine shark (as the fishermen called it for its incredible size) reminded of itself again. In 1954, again off the coast of Australia, the ship "Rachel Cohen" stopped in the port for repairs and "general cleaning". When the ship was cleared of numerous shells, seventeen huge teeth were found. Each tooth, according to eyewitnesses, was more than eight centimeters in size. Scientists have found that no one butsharks-megalodon they could not belong. For reference: the length of the tooth of a common white shark is only three to five centimeters.

Nature has never created more terrible creatures

According to scientists, the great white submarine shark is the most terrible, bloodthirsty and awesome creation of Mother Nature. According to estimates, its length is from twenty to thirty-five meters, and the weight figures vary from fifty to one hundred tons. Sperm whales, considered one of the largest inhabitants of the deep sea, are just a light snack for megalodon. It's hard to imagine the size of the mouth of a submarine shark, if a ten-meter-long whale is an easy daily prey for dinner.

Scientists have been finding huge teeth all over the world for many decades. This is further evidence that the great white submarine shark exists and has (had) an incredible territorial distribution.

It's even scary to imagine a monster of such huge size, in comparison with which a person is just a small grain of sand. The submarine shark, whose photo scientists have recreated thanks to finds and theories, is a terribly ugly creature. It has a broad-boned skeleton, massive jaws that hide five rows of teeth and a blunt snout. They even joke that the megalodon looks like a pig. You involuntarily begin to rejoice that these creatures have become extinct.

Are they extinct?

Geologists recognize animals as extinct only when there is nothing about them"news" 400 thousand years. However, the stories of fishermen from the Australian port, teeth found on the Rachel Cohen ship - all this proves the fact that the submarine shark exists. The teeth were subjected to numerous studies, and the result was that they belong to a megalodon.

Moreover, the discovered "teeth" of the terrible giant did not even have time to turn to stone. They are at most ten or eleven thousand years old. Understand the difference: 400 thousand and 11 thousand years! It turns out that somewhere in the depths of the ocean, the great white shark-submarine still exists and feels great. Evidence of the existence of which is found quite often. And this is already saying something.

By the way, for example, the goblin shark, which for many years was considered extinct, was discovered in 1897 in the oceans. And the whale shark, whose existence was also not believed for a long time, was located in 1828. Perhaps the submarine shark is waiting in the wings somewhere.

How did they not notice?

It would seem that such a huge size of the animal simply cannot go unnoticed for decades. Huge creatures would certainly have been seen from the shore, in the shallows or from the stern of the ship. But if you think about it, the impressive dimensions of these giants simply do not allow them to swim close to the shore. It's too shallow for them here.

Besides, the submarine shark can easily exist in the depths of the sea. For example, the largest animals - sperm whales - live quietly at a depth of three kilometers. A person cannot go to such a depth, evendespite the development of modern submarines. Such depths are simply not yet available to us. And if we compare the sizes of sperm whales and submarine sharks, then the latter clearly win. Therefore, the depth of their dive can be much more than the "simple" three kilometers.