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How did megalodon become extinct?

Updated: 8/16/2019
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Nobody knows, but scientists think that Megalodon died from the food shortage during the ice age when whales went to colder places were sharks couldn't follow. Remember, Whales had blubber that kept them warm but sharks do not even have blubber.

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