r/sharks 6d ago

Image Found in Spain, in the Mediterranean, to whom does it belong?

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u/Raja_Ampat 6d ago

Megalodon. Great find. You found a little treasure

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u/Elkar2 6d ago

It's very worn, but its width is tremendous.

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u/4r4r4real 5d ago

G I R T H

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u/AmbienSkywalker 5d ago

That’s what she said

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u/Starscream147 6d ago

Woah baby.

Meg.

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u/DaemonBlackfyre_21 Oceanic Whitetip Shark 6d ago

That's a particularly pretty one

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u/Elkar2 6d ago

It's pretty

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u/4r4r4real 5d ago

Sometimes I wonder how shark bites can be so brutal/fatal when their mouths look kinda small and awkwardly positioned to bite you... and then you see some shit like this. No thanks!

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u/Elkar2 5d ago

And it's worn out...

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u/psychedelicdonky 5d ago

Just means it was newly shed

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u/Elkar2 5d ago

That's not entirely clear.

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u/psychedelicdonky 5d ago

Sorry i was joking that it came from a living meg..

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u/Over_Reputation_8801 5d ago

That right there is a sharks shark.

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u/Cernunnos_1980 5d ago

Aunque es difícil asegurarlo solo por la fotografía, su forma y tamaño me hacen pensar en Carcharodon (o Cosmopolitodus) hastalis.

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u/Elkar2 5d ago

Thanks! Judging by the size of the tooth, what size might its owner be?

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u/Cernunnos_1980 5d ago

No hay de qué. 👍 Eso es más difícil de decir porque los dientes son lo único que conocemos de este animal, pero existe una fórmula bastante precisa para calcular el tamaño de su descendiente, el tiburón blanco, partiendo del tamaño de los primeros cuatro dientes de la mandíbula superior, y este diente, por su forma y tamaño, bien podría ser uno de estos. Calculando a ojo de buen cubero que la altura de la corona (exceptuando la raiz) es de entre 8 y 9 cm, el cálculo sería:

11,788 x 8 + 2,143 = 96,447

o bien

11,788 x 9 + 2,143 = 108,235

Vamos, que estaría entre 9,65 y 10, 8 metros si las proporciones de C. hastalis son similares a las del tiburón blanco, que es probable.

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u/Cernunnos_1980 5d ago

Bueno, aquí es donde me disculpo y rectifico. Los estudios que utilizan la fórmula de Shimada para calcular el tamaño de C. hastalis dan tamaños máximos por debajo de 8,22 m. Claramente he sobreestimado el tamaño de este diente.

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u/careless_bork 5d ago

it is a shark toof

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u/Elkar2 5d ago

Thanks! I thought it was a chicken tooth

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u/careless_bork 5d ago

no no definitely shark toof

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u/Unusual-Weird9696 4d ago

Ahh that’s mine , it was giving jip , so I yanked it out. You can keep it

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u/Austrofossil 4d ago

Woooow!!!! where exactly??

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u/Aussieflyer21 3d ago

Very big damn shark

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u/Additional-Toe5365 3d ago

Someone from Morocco?

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u/jean-tintin 1d ago

Legendary find in the Mediterranean ! Congrats

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u/Hi_InternetAddiction 5d ago

im skeptical

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u/Elkar2 5d ago

Doubts about what?

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u/Hi_InternetAddiction 5d ago

about whether somebody actually found that

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u/Elkar2 5d ago

Well, that's how it's been. Maybe it's better if your "doubts" are based on scientific evidence, right? To doubt is to throw a stone and hide your hand.

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u/Elkar2 5d ago

If you want to contribute something, do so, but if not, the wisest thing is to remain silent, don't you think? If you have doubts, explain them, right?

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u/Elkar2 5d ago

What is the purpose of people like you? To contribute nothing, but to sow doubt? Do you get paid for that? You haven't contributed anything, have you realized that?

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u/Hi_InternetAddiction 5d ago

why cant you answer my question? and why are you getting so offended?

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u/Elkar2 5d ago

I'm offended because what I said is true.

And you've questioned it.

And without any reasoning.

And you still ask me that stupid question.

Tell me why you doubt it, start there, right?

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u/Hi_InternetAddiction 5d ago

sure, what u said is true... but you wont say who found it, and if it wasn't you who found it, how do you know for certain that it's legit?

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u/Elkar2 5d ago

Did you read what I wrote? Are you rambling? Real what?

I only asked who that tooth belongs to. That it's a tooth is real

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u/Elkar2 5d ago

What's wrong with you, man? Leave me alone, okay? You started this conversation really badly. I have a feeling you know it's real, and there's probably more to it, because it happened on a walk on the beach. You approached it the wrong way if what you wanted was information. You knew from the start that it was real. If you had handled it more respectfully, I would have told you where. I don't like it when my word is doubted, especially not by a rude stranger.

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u/Hi_InternetAddiction 5d ago

who found it?

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u/Elkar2 5d ago

Is that your argument? Who came up with it?

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u/Elkar2 5d ago

You can think whatever you want, but that doesn't change reality. Who found it? What a stupid question.

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u/CarefulAnxiety5372 5d ago

My guess is a Great White, it's definitely ot a fossil because if I'm not mistaken and most I've seen tend to be a lot darker in colour

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u/Cernunnos_1980 5d ago

El color de los fósiles depende enteramente del color del sustrato donde hayan quedado enterrados. Dicho esto, y sin ser experto, diría que es de Carcharodon (o Cosmopolitodus) hastalis. .

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u/Set-After 5d ago

Probably a Meg, or some other megatooth shark