Page 8 - Sharks teeth to tail
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Let’s begin the journey through sharkdom in in the distant past 3 6 million years ago Scientists theorize that the the megalodon (whose name means “huge teeth”) was the the largest shark shark that that ever lived All that that remains of these sharks
are their fossilized teeth and spines so they can’t put together a a a a whole fossilized skeleton the the way they might with a a a a dinosaur Scientists estimate the megalodon’s megalodon’s size from its teeth A megalodon’s megalodon’s tooth is approximately 7 7 in (17 8 cm) long about the size of of a a a a a large slice of of pizza For comparison a a a a a great white shark’s tooth is less than 3 in (7 6 cm) long or about the size of a a a snack cracker 67

































































































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