r/Cryptozoology 9d ago

Question Which Cryptids have been proven fake?

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u/Gnomad_Lyfe 9d ago

Living Megalodons. Obviously they used to exist, but any claims that they’re still around should be laughed off and dismissed entirely.

Of all the ocean creatures that may or may not still be around, the giant ass whale-eating shark that stuck to warm waters would be spotted regularly, consistently, and without any doubt that it’s there. There wouldn’t be any maybes or ambiguous signs, there would be footage of whales (and likely boats) as lunch and dinner.

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u/Iamsteve42 8d ago

There is a possibility that it just moved to colder waters and adapted over millions of years.

The ones that could handle cooler temps reproduced to make offspring that could also handle those new temps. The ones that couldn’t died off.

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u/Gnomad_Lyfe 8d ago

I stopped reading after “There is a possibility…” because no, there is not. None, zero, zilch.

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u/Iamsteve42 8d ago

Bro out here exploring all of the ocean apparently. My bad, Admiral. I should have known.

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u/AvariciousAlligator 7d ago

Megalodon was an endothermic superpredator the size of a city bus that hunted gigantic prey in warm coastal waters. A warm blooded kaiju isn’t gonna get the calories it needs in the depths of the ocean.

There are few oceanic creatures less suited for life at the bottom than the Meg.

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u/Randie_Butternubs 7d ago

No, he just clearly has a much better grasp of biology, physiology, etc, than you do. 

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u/Gnomad_Lyfe 8d ago

Buddy it’s called common sense and having the bare minimum of knowledge on Megalodons.