What is Carcharodon Megalodon?
Carcharodon Megalodon – What a fantastic creature! They had grown to 60 feet long or more and weighted more than 20 tons. Having a voracious appetite, they had to eat at least 2 percent of their body weight daily to maintain their existence. What happened to this fish that lasted 16 million years beginning in the early Mid-Miocene and lasted until the Pliocene/Pleistocene Period? It seems that no one single incident bu several long developing changes occurred that brought about the Megalodon’s extinction. Environmental changes were as important as any for the demise of this creature. By the late Miocene, about 10 million years ago, a period of major glaciation was under way. This was, it seems, the result of changes going back to the late Oligocene Period that began a slow cooling effect on the world. Changes like Africa colliding with Europe, cutting off the Tethyan Seaway to individual bodies of water represented today by the Mediterranean, Black, Caspian, and Aral seaways. Also, the
