Megalodon was the largest predatory fish in Earth’s history 🦈. Science widely assumed that megalodon’s main calorie intake was in the form of whales 🐋. A new study of zinc content in its teeth found that it also fed on marine creatures at various levels of the food pyramid 🐠 and not just the top.
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Aktuelles aus der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
Megalodon: The broad diet of the megatooth shark | Aktuelles aus der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
The prehistoric predatory fish Otodus megalodon did not feed solely on other large predatory animals at the top of the food chain – zinc detected in fossils delivers clues about […]
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Hooked on tuna: People have been harvesting these ocean predators for 44,000 years
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The Conversation
Hooked on tuna: People have been harvesting these ocean predators for 44,000 years
Bones in archaeological sites, ancient rock art, paintings on frescos and vases, written historical records and ethnographic accounts all helped researchers recreate a deep history of people and tuna.
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