I actually fact checked this and it’s true.

  • @[email protected]
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    911 year ago

    And then you add the fact that sharks have barely evolved because they’ve been the perfect silent killer since the dawn of time.

    Another fun fact:
    Sharks don’t make sound. They don’t have any organ for the purpose of making sound. That is creepy as all hell.

    • @Hamartia
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      551 year ago

      That can’t be true. I distinctly remember the shark in Jaws: The Revenge roaring. So get your facts straight.

        • @jaybone
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          171 year ago

          Sharks played the cello one billion years before the Big Bang occurred.

    • @[email protected]
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      271 year ago

      Just because they didn’t change their appearance doesnt mean they did not evolve. It is somewhat misleading to say that, but conveys a point I guess.

      • @[email protected]
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        181 year ago

        More relevantly, the fossil records for sharks are mostly their teeth and jaws, because all their other bones are cartilage and rarely fossilize.

        “Sharks haven’t significantly evolved in appearance in 350 million years” is therefore based on reconstructions made under the assumption that the old sharks mostly looked like current sharks, which may or may not be true.

        Though we can get a surprising amount of information that way, for example one change is that their jaws used be more at the end of their snout instead of more underslung like today, like so:

        https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/new-technologies-reveal-strange-jaws-prehistoric-sharks-180977396

        You’ll note the Goblin Shark still has hints of that design.

      • @[email protected]
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        101 year ago

        I made sure to say barely instead of not at all, but you’re right, there was certainly some evolution happening

        • @AngryCommieKender
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          31 year ago

          Yeah, thankfully Megalodon isn’t cruising around anymore. Though that might have delayed European expansion until they had metal clad vessels…

          • @[email protected]
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            51 year ago

            That sounds like a fun story, like a Pride and Prejudice and Zombies but instead it’s Master and Commander and Megalodon.

            • Kühe sind toll
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              61 year ago

              You can’t prove the non existence, but you can be very sure about some things. Megalodon lived near the surface, because it liked warm water(AFAIK), so it’s likely that if it wouldn’t be extinct there’s a high chance that we would notice it, since Megalodon was kinda big.

              • @[email protected]
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                21 year ago

                Yeah okay, seems plausible then. It’s more fun to believe otherwise though, not gonna lie. After all, there’s still so much we don’t know about our oceans.

      • Victoria
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        201 year ago

        Yes, actually. Example: Triglidae

        They are bottom-dwelling fish, living down to 200 m (660 ft), although they can be found in much shallower water. Most species are around 30 to 40 cm (12 to 16 in) in length. They have an unusually solid skull, and many species also possess armored plates on their bodies. Another distinctive feature is the presence of a “drumming muscle” that makes sounds by beating against the swim bladder