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We further used the model mass & the heat production of white sharks & calculated that megalodon needed >98,000 kcal/day; 20x > white sharks. This intake could be met by consuming blubber, with ~6,600 kcal/kg. Eating a large prey would greatly exceed this demand (13/17)
The new fossil sawshark 🦈 Pristiophorus humboldti from the early Miocene of Chile with sea snails (Olivancillaria sp.) and crustaceans 🦀(Trichopeltarion sp.) that were found in the same area. Illustration made by Rossana Rojas. #illustration #paleontology #sharks