Larger, 65-foot-long Megalodon Might Have Fed on Whales

You may have seen the Hollywood version of Otodus megalodon, portrayed recently as the on-screen nemesis of sea diver Jonas Taylor (played by Jason Statham) in The Meg. Turns out, that massive 70-foot portrayal of a prehistoric predator isn’t vastly exaggerated. Scientists have now dubbed the extinct O. megalodon a “transoceanic superpredator,” based on insights provided by a 3D model of the truly massive shark.