TOP 10 Megalodon

关于巨齿鲨的十大真相

NUMBER 10: The work megalodon derives from Greek, meaning "giant tooth".

第十：Megalodon一词源于希腊语，意为“巨型牙齿”QxS,pY5KP65K90@Rff。

The shark's full scientific name is Carcharocles megalodon.

这种鲨鱼的全称是巨齿鲨)i*y2J3jc-G]K+KJ。

NUMBER 9: Megalodon was the largest fish that ever lived.

第九：巨齿鲨是有史以来最大的鱼pN#-T*E!;nzc。

The largest individual is meaured up to 58.7 feet or even larger.

最大的个体长达58.7英尺，甚至更大33U)AWyC=LxCD,w。

That's about three times as big as the largest sharks in the ocean today.

大约是今天海洋中最大的鲨鱼的三倍HPsbyn^m!M。

NUMBER 8: It's thought that megalodon ate 2,500 pounds of food per day.

第八：据说巨齿鲨每天要吃掉2500磅的食物63wH5zi+)-ss。

NUMBER 7: Most fish are exclusively cold-blooded, but megalodon may have been like today's great white sharks, which are considered partially warm-blooded because of the heat they generate while swimming.

第七：大多数鱼类都是纯冷血动物，但巨齿鲨可能就像今天的大白鲨一样，因为它们在游泳时会产生热量，所以被认为是部分温血动物+ZtwXZzlv@x#6i7*^q_。

This would have allowed them to hunt in colder waters.

这将使它们能够在较冷的水域狩猎Xz_cS&2NfuD90*F*M=0。

NUMBER 6: Female megalodons may have been about twice as large as the males.

第六：雌性巨齿鲨可能是雄性的两倍XG!@Z(QLeIz_;s5Qf7ju。

Even an infant megalodon was huge, at least 6.6 feet from nose to tail.

即使是幼年巨齿鲨也是巨大的，从鼻子到尾巴至少有6.6英尺长XDKK,xd+GaQ4_z。

NUMBER 5: Because of its size, megalodon was an apex predator in the ocean.

第五：因为它的体型，巨齿鲨是海洋中的顶级捕食者~6u=O%*Ld_is,BWzff。

It preyed upon fish, whales, dolphins, seals, and other marine animals.

它捕食鱼类、鲸鱼、海豚、海豹和其他海洋动物Zex_8-4Y;=e!WjcR(|FA。

NUMBER 4: Even though megalodons and dinosaurs are both extinct, they never co-existed.

第四：尽管巨齿龙和恐龙都灭绝了，但它们从未共存过xSCwae&pu&6。

The dinosaur died out about 66 million years ago, while the oldest megalodon fossils are from the Miocene epoch, which began 23 million years ago.

恐龙大约在6600万年前灭绝，而最古老的巨齿鲨化石来自于2300万年前的中新世j;Qe2uc;I+T@6rQ3。

NUMBER 3: Fossil remains of the megalodon have been found off the coast of every continent except Antarctica.

第三：巨齿龙的化石遗骸在除南极洲以外的都有大陆的海岸都有发现7ckZOQ)#CeeojXIhtWi。

Between 2007 and 2009, researchers collected a number of juvenile megalodon teeth in the waters off the coast of Panama.

2007至2009年间，研究人员在巴拿马海岸附近海域收集了大量幼年巨齿鲨的牙齿(fm@)6*gW[4@3nHR-x。

They believe this was an ancient nursery area.

他们认为这是一个古老的育儿区xLPV%sk2V;kz&A。

NUMBER 2: Since sharks don't have bones, most of what we know about megalodon comes from it's large fossil teeth.

第二：由于鲨鱼没有骨骼，我们对巨齿鲨的大部分了解都来自于它巨大的牙齿化石Oq@CGEsKnv*^3@iDf。

The largest megalodon tooth ever found was 6.9 inches long.

迄今发现的最大的巨齿鲨牙齿有6.9英寸长9]OBbQd0[N=rpJR92e。

That's almost three times longer than the average tooth of a modern great white shark.

这几乎是现代大白鲨平均牙齿长度的三倍uY)~MV@u+mJXvBr&。

NUMBER 1: With a mouth nearly ten feet wide, megalodon may have had the most powerful bite of all time.

第一：巨齿鲨的嘴有近10英尺宽，可能拥有有史以来最有力的咬合力,.V)MQg_g*1i2NN~。