Resumen de How dwarf whales killed largest shark
With a jaw up to 3 meters wide that had the power to crush a small car, megalodon had a formidable bite. But it seems the largest shark to ever live preferred to snack on amuse-bouche rather than more substantial prey--and that could have been its downfall. The 16-metre-long Carcharocles megalodon prowled the world's oceans for around 14 million years before dying out about 2.6 million years ago. Analysis of the fossils of marine mammals that lived in the oceans around 7 million years ago have provided the most detailed insight yet into the kind of prey it targeted. Distinctive scrape marks and wounds left on bones by the shark's huge, serrated teeth suggest it preferred hunting now-extinct dwarf whales and seals.
