Could the megalodon still be alive today in our oceans with how little we know about the oceans of our earth?

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[Soteris]

No. The bigger the animal the larger its habitat needs to be and while we dont know much about the ocean we would have found plenty of evidences for such large scale predators by now.

This is putting aside pretty much all other problems that makes it impossible since this alone rules out a stable population of a mega shark.

[NamerOfStars]

Not really, no- it lived near the surface and close to coastlines; we'd've found evidence of it by now. Theoretically, some offshoot could've gone deeper; some kind of megalodon morlock, but given the calories such a large creature would need, and their scarcity in the depths, it would be comparatively unimpressive.

[jennifer_bloom]

I was watching a video about this on TV, an aquatic team designed a submarine that reaches down to the Mariana Trench and video taped what they saw and they only found one or two minor creatures and barely anything else. Not even sea creatures can survive the pressure of the Mariana Trench.

[BCA6010]

No, because we'd still be finding the occasional remains or carcasses washing up somewhere if they were. This is the only reason we know some types of deep water squids exist. Their only viable food sources are also close to shore so they would definitely be seen.

[jshm2]

No. It is just too big to maintain an existence at that depth. The biggest animal on earth is the blue whale. Megalodon was twice it's size.

Unless it's eating blue whales, there isn't a lot of "space" for creatures to exist on that scale.

[Astarlessnightsky]

Even if it were alive 100 years ago, its extinct now.

With all the fishing and pollution, the every megalodon would either be starved to death or died from lead or other chemical poisoning.

[Dargil]

I consider it unlikely. I think there would be some evidence. Like Gigantopithecus.

[joeldalton]

likely not. its prey lives near the coasts so it more than likely would have been spotted.