It's famous as the largest shark that ever lived, but the exact length the megalodon reached was actually dependent on water temperature, a new study shows.
Researchers have compared historical sea-surface temperatures with fossilised remains from the megalodon, which swam the seas globally roughly between 15 million and 3.6 million years ago.
The experts found that the extinct creature grew to larger sizes in comparatively cooler environments, such as and Peru, than in warmer areas, like in and Panama.
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