Most ichthyologists believe that the terrible white sharks, called "megalodon", have died out long ago. However, there are theories and facts that say that the submarine shark (as this subspecies of the white sharks was nicknamed) still lives somewhere in the abyss of the ocean depths inaccessible to humans. Let's try to understand this issue, based on the notes of scientists, their findings and theories.
The Story Of David George Stead
David George Stead was one of the most famous and respected scientists in the field of ichthyology. It was his story, published after his death, that became a real sensation and made it possible to doubt that the white submarine shark does not exist.
In 1918, a young scientist worked in Australia and was responsible for fishing on the South Shores. At this time, a letter arrives from the large port to the government agency responsible for the fishery, demanding a thorough examination of one sensitive issue. Fishermen claimed that there was a terrible creature off the coast of Australia, an unknown fish that was so menacing in size that they were all afraid to go to sea.
Horrible meeting
A heartbreaking story awaited him on the shore … The fishermen on the ship went to sea and went to the place where they were fixed in the depths of the lobster trap. Divers, going down in depth, in order to unhook the cables of traps, went upstairs with incredible speed. Climbing quickly to the deck, they reported that in the depths of a huge shark. Divers said that the shark easily absorbed traps with the catch one after another. But they were fixed with steel cables! And this did not bother her at all. Suddenly, a shark appeared in front of the eyes and the rest of the fishing team. Forgetting the catch, they quickly started the engines and left the terrible place.
Of course, as a scientist, David George Stead understood that sharks with a body length of more than thirty meters could not exist. But lying scared fishermen did not make sense. Nobody decided to go and check, get any evidence. Fishermen flatly refused to go to sea.
The ship "Rachel Cohen"
After several decades, the submarine shark (as fishermen called it for its incredible size) recalled itself again. In 1954, again off the coast of Australia, the Rachelle Cohen ship stopped at the port for repair and "general cleaning". When the ship was cleaned of numerous shells, they discovered seventeen huge teeth. Each tooth, according to eyewitnesses, was the size of more than eight centimeters. Scientists have found that they could not belong to anyone but the megalodon shark. For reference: the tooth length of an ordinary white shark is only three to five centimeters.
Terrible creatures nature has not yet created
According to scientists, the great white shark submarine is the most terrible, bloodthirsty and frightening brainchild of mother nature. According to estimates, its length is from twenty to thirty-five meters, and the weight figures vary from fifty to one hundred tons. Sperm whales, considered one of the largest inhabitants of the deep sea, is just a light snack for a megalodon. It’s hard to imagine what size the jaws of a submarine have when their whale is ten meters long — easy daily prey for dinner.
Scientists have found huge teeth around the world for many decades. This is another evidence that the white shark submarine exists and has (had) an incredible territorial size of settlement.
It’s even scary to imagine a monster of such enormous size, in comparison with which a person is just a small grain of sand. The submarine shark, a photo of which scientists recreated thanks to finds and theories, is a terribly ugly creature. It has a wide-bones skeleton, massive jaws, in which five rows of teeth are hidden and a blunt "snout". They even joke that megalodon looks like a pig. Involuntarily you begin to rejoice that these creatures are extinct.
Have they died out?
Geologists recognize animals as extinct only when there is no “news” of them for 400 thousand years. However, the stories of fishermen from the Australian port, teeth found on the ship "Rachel Cohen" - all this is proved by the fact that the submarine shark exists. The teeth were subjected to numerous studies, and the result was as follows - they belong to megalodon.
Moreover, the discovered "teeth" of the terrible giant did not even have time to petrify. They are ten to eleven thousand years old. Understand the difference: 400 thousand and 11 thousand years! It turns out that somewhere in the depths of the ocean a white shark submarine still exists and feels great. Evidence of the existence of which is detected quite often. And this already speaks of something.
By the way, for example, the goblin shark, which was considered extinct for many years, was discovered in 1897 in the oceans. And the whale shark, whose existence was also not believed for a long time, was direction-finding in 1828. Perhaps the submarine shark is waiting in the wings somewhere.
