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Isn’t it incredible to live on the same planet where this magnificent, ancient shark once grew up to 65 ft (20m)? 🦈

The massive megalodon swam Earth’s ocean for millions of years.

Funny how many folks mistakenly believe humans are some kind of pinnacle of #evolution. We literally just arrived a few hundred thousand years ago. #science #history

#science #history #Evolution
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musicmind333
musicmind333
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ok just to try and put it to scale (thanks https://www.themeasureofthings.com/results.php?comp=height&unit=ft&amt=65&sort=pr&p=1)

That's like almost 2 whole telephone pole lengths tall
Or 4 giraffes tall.....
2.5 London busses long
Or 4 cars long (think about that next time you're stuck in traffic. If you're sitting by the sharks giant head, his tail is the bumper of the guy 4 cars behind you...)

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Jimmy Havok
Jimmy Havok
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And we are already well on the way to making ourselves (along with a bunch of other folks) extinct. With no help from above.
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Xiuwen
Xiuwen
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We're at the pinnacle of destruction, with the atomic bomb and more under our belt, so to speak 😂
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Concerned Citizen
Concerned Citizen
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I am terrified of sharks. Seeing Jaws as a child was a very bad idea. 65 ft ⁉️😱
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Mark R Nay
Mark R Nay
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we are new but we are definitely the highest form of life that earth has produced so far. Just because there are bigger things in the past doesn’t mean anything. It is a qualitative issue: did that huge shark build things? Develop written language? Etc. you made a stupid post I am sorry to say
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Shannon Clark
Shannon Clark
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@lisamelton indeed and it’s incredible to think about the entire ecosystem that lasted for millions of years and supported such giant creatures. We almost certainly only know of a small fraction of what made up that whole system (much of which likely left few traces behind)
@Lisa Melton
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Asbestos ⚠️
Asbestos ⚠️
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were no pinnacle. That's for sure. If we were I'd find who's in charge and I'd tell them what for.
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Lars
Lars
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but only we were able to destroy our own conditions of live!
Well, parasites do that as well. Or cancer. We are the pinnacle of life...

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