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The megalodon, an extinct shark, is the largest predatory fish to have ever lived and was the second largest water-dwelling carnivore after the great whales. It grew over ten meters long and was the terror of the warm seas during Miocene and Pliocene. With teeth the size of a human hand, he mastered almost all animals. The teeth were not all the same size. They became smaller and smaller towards the corners of the mouth. So the largest teeth were in the front of the mouth, exactly where the shark needed them to grab and tear its prey to pieces. Just like current sharks, megalodon had a so-called revolver bite: behind each tooth there were several rows of new teeth ready to replace a tooth that fell out immediately. Shark teeth are not stuck in the jaw but rather loosely attached to the gums.
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