MEGALODON - The Shark That Ate Whales ~ with JACK COOPER
The Meg! Did it really exist? (Spoiler alert: it did). This giant of the Miocene seas has been of keen interest to paleontologists for decades. It's true dimensions have never been known until recently.
JACK COOPER is a PhD student working on the functional diversity of sharks through time. His current work focuses on the size, dimensions and reconstruction of the Megalodon shark.
MARK from Evolution Soup talks to Jack about the history of its discovery, what it ate, where it swam, and the new research that he and mentor Catalina Pimiento have recently published, revealing this beast's true, awesome size.
#shark #megalodon #sharkweek
LINKS FOR JACK COOPER:
TWITTER: @CooperPalaeo
https://twitter.com/CooperPalaeo
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jack-Cooper-18
Body dimensions of the extinct giant shark Otodus megalodon: a 2D reconstruction: https://go.nature.com/3ge98hB
Jack guesting on 'Let's Jaws For A Minute' (Podcast): https://apple.co/3hVIDzS
German documentary featuring Jack: https://is.gd/BmGfzp
Let's Jaws TWITTER: https://twitter.com/jawsforaminute
Pimiento Research Group:
https://www.catalinapimiento.com/
@pimientoc
@PimientoGroup
https://twitter.com/PimientoGroup
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