The Megalodon was an apex predator that lived approximately 23 to 3.6 million years ago during the Cenozoic Era. This prehistoric shark was not only massive, reaching up to 60 feet in length and weighing as much as 100 tons, but also incredibly powerful. Its mouth could open wide enough to swallow two adult humans side by side, and its teeth, which were over 7 inches long and serrated, could easily slice through flesh and bone. With a bite force estimated at 40,000 pounds, it could crush the sku

Megalodon was an enormous shark that lived until about 3.6 million years ago. Thousands of their teeth have been found, but their body fossils are very rare. So how do we work out how big they were? Find out more about megalodon: https://nhmlondon.org/Megalodon-Aug21 | Natural History Museum, London