METRO UK - Experts have said the prehistoric predator the Megaladon was a ‘sleeker’ creature than the one portrayed in the 2018 movie, where a beast akin to a great white shark wrought havoc in the ocean.
Using an innovative study approach, a team of scientists sought to better understand the biology of the animal that lived between 3.6 to 15 million years ago.
A new study published in the journal Palaeontologia Electronica suggests the creature was around 80 feet long, around one quarter the size of the Statue of Liberty.
It also weighed 94 tonnes, the rough equivalent of six double-decker buses.
Shark biologist Dr. Phillip Sternes, of University of California, Riverside (UCR), said: ‘This study provides the most robust analysis yet of megalodon’s body size and shape.’