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Tooth analysis confirms the megalodon - a huge ancient shark - was warm-blooded (www.reuters.com)

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[–] ugh@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does this mean that modern sharks are not related to megalodons? Or at least not directly?

[–] thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Not a biologist, but I would think that evolution could take something from cold to warm blooded (or opposite) without way too much time. I think I read somewhere that scientists are debating/speculating whether some dinosaurs were warm blooded as well.