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Published: 2017-12-08 06:33:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 2769; Favourites: 45; Downloads: 0
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Admittedly, I was spurred to make this illustration by a Youtube post by Trey the Explainer (www.youtube.com/user/GamerCrea… ), aGentlemanScientist to those frequenting DeviantArt (agentlemanscientist.deviantart… ). Even so, this was a picture I had in mind for a long time, but was never really all that motivated to draw it. Now that I finally have, I'm glad for it. Not only is my megalodon not just another "giant great white", but it's also placid in a way we rarely see in art depicting this prehistoric leviathan while maintaining a sense of scale with just a hint of menace. Long story short, I love it!Related content
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I like how you gave it a rounded snout (the idea of megalodon having a pointed snout is based on the idea it was related to the great white shark, which it was not), but I have to take issue with the barnacles. Sharks don't get barnacles. That's the entire reason their skin is so rough-- it stops barnacles from sticking to them and causing drag.
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Almost all sharks have pointed snouts. Carcharocles/Otodus megalodon wouldn't be any different than any other lamnid. No other shark with a niche like that of Carcharocles/Otodus megalodon has a snout that is THAT rounded. "But a rounded snout would've helped it eat whales!" I hear you say. Well, Carcharocles/Otodus megalodon didn't live with large baleen whales. It would've mostly fed off of the small to medium sized baleen whales and other sharks.
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Really good! Although two things he didn't do his research on.
1. Sharks can't hang barnacles stick yo their skin. Plus we have no evidence of this.
2. Using the Null Hypothesis, they wouldn't have a round face. This is because when we use phylogeny (which is very unreliable but helpful in this case) they would have a pointed nose. Like a Mako Shark does. Accept probably not that pointed.
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Why a blunt snout? Even outside lamnids, most Lamniformes sharks have pointed snouts.
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i am in love with the newer reconstructions of Megalodon
i like how it isn't just a big great white, although due to being a shark i don't think barnacles would form due to the skin
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