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August 2012  
Dear SeacoastNH.com

Since this happens to be another summer “Shark Week” on television, I thought that some readers might be more curious about the one called "Sharkzilla" that aired on August 13,2012. JAWS wouldn't have a chance against this prehistoric shark, and neither would Tyrannosaurus Rex. (Letter and images continued below)

Fossil remains indicate that this shark

-  was conservatively over 50 feet long and a possibly as much as 65 feet.
-  had jaws 11 feet across and nine feet high.
-  had triangular seven-inch tall serrated teeth .
-  weighed between 50 and 60 tons.
-  carried a dorsal fin on its back about five feet high.

Paleontologists assure us that it has been extinct for millions of years. However, they are not omnipotent, omniscient, or omnipresent. They found blood and tissue in a T-rex femur. The Coelecanth, a six-foot fish, was assumed extinct for some 70 million years. (Scientists had fossils of it.) And yet there are about 1,000 still living today. The next time you are out on or in the ocean, remember this shark could be beneath you, beside you, or behind you.

Submitted by Leonard J. Hanley

Source: http://sharkmegalodon.com/2011/09/carcharodon-megalodon-size/

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EDITOR’S REPLY: We haven’t seen any Megalodons lately, but archaeologist Nate Hamilton did find this Great White shark tooth recently while exploring at the Isles of Shoals.

SEE MORE: Shark captured at Appledore Hotel