THANKFULLY this isn’t something you’re likely to encounter on your next cruise. A British schoolboy has made a rare discovery after bringing home a prehistoric “megalodon” (giant shark) tooth he found on an English beach. The six-year-old was excited by the find – and even more so after his family...
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THANKFULLY this isn’t something you’re likely to encounter on your next cruise.
A British schoolboy has made a rare discovery after bringing home a prehistoric “megalodon” (giant shark) tooth he found on an English beach.
The six-year-old was excited by the find – and even more so after his family sent photos of the object to an evolutionary biologist who confirmed it was in remarkable condition.
“It belonged to a megalodon, the largest ever shark, and its teeth are not often found around the UK coastline,” said Professor Ben Garrod from the University of East Anglia.
The BBC quoted the expert saying megalodons were the apex predator of their time, growing to about 18m in length.
The boy’s father said he was sleeping with the giant tooth near his bed as he was “very attached to it”.
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