Megalodon Extinction May Have Been Driven by Hungry Great White Sharks - The New York Times

The largest shark that ever lived may have vanished in part because the comparatively smaller great white had a taste for the same prey.

Using teeth from more than a hundred sharks, drawing from species alive today and those long gone, the researchers ran tests to see whether zinc levels changed as teeth weathered. They also confirmed… [+839 chars]

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