Tumblr Thread: Megalodon Horror Movie Should Be A Thing

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mattstaff
Nov 6, 2021 11:00 PM EDT

Just in case you weren't already aware, Megalodons are an extinct species of shark that ranged between 15 and 18 metres. Basically, those underwater tanks were so massive and generally physically formidable that they'd have wreaked such havoc on blue whales that we'd end up seeing their population die off/get physically smaller for survival. Obviously, blue whales are huge. So, just the thought of that is a tad bit unsettling. Outside of what the Megalodons would do the ocean's modern day ecosystem, there does seem to be a lot of room for a creative take on some kind of Megalodon-inspired horror film. Hence, this Tumblr thread. 

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    Font - vibraphone1o1 asked: so the megalodon is most definitely extinct? how do scientists know? bunjywunjy answered: well, the thing about large predators is that they leave an impact on an ecosystem big enough that you can tell they're there, even if you never observe one directly. in this case, we know they're definitely extinct because of the behavior of whales! whales used to max out at about 50 ft long and were fast and agile, entirely because of predation by megalodon!
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    Font - but about 2 million years ago, our whales began to rapidly increase in size until we ended up with real monsters like the blue whale. this pretty directly lines up with the extinction of megalodon, and the removal of the pressure they were putting on large whale populations. basically, large whales can get away with being gigantic, slow tanks in the oceans today because there simply isn't a predator big enough to take them on anymore. if megalodon still existed, we would be seeing its imp
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    Font - bogleech All this, and the fact that if the ocean had sharks as big as Megalodon and had enough of them to sustain the species at all, we would have found at least one Megalodon tooth washed up on a beach somewhere that wasn't fossilized. More likely, we would have found hundreds of such teeth every year for as long as we have existed. "We didn't know giant squid existed!" is a common argument I see from cryptozoologists, but it's also flat out false. We did know. We knew there were giant
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    Font - cheeseanonioncrisps Okay, so I am well aware that this isn't at all how evolution or natural selection works, but I still want a horror film that begins with a pair of scientists with dramatic music playing in the background as they pour over piles of records, until one of them turns to the other and says "it's the whales. They're becoming smaller, and more skittish." The other scientist looks out the window, over the sea. "Mother of god," she whispers.
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    Font - adamnwc Alternatively; We begin to find giant shark teeth washing up on shore. People freak out. "Scientists find evidence megalodons never went extinct!" Then the lead scientist calms everyone down so they can explain. "No. It's worse than that. If they never went extinct, we would've found evidence like this before now. This means..." Dramatically takes off glasses. "They've just come back."
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    Font - animeengineer "But they can't just suddenly come back like that!" "You're right. Someone brought them back." bunjywunjy PLEASE,, dogwithoutblog reblogged Aa your post #this just made me think #resurrection of christ but he's a megalodon this time
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