MEGALODON Caught On Camera- real or fake
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- čas přidán 6. 07. 2024
- You guys have been sending me all kinds of links to Megalodon pictures and videos… but so far nothing that would prove megalodons still exist today - but then this came in.
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The video uses the title “Megalodon Caught on Camera” and it was sent in by a whole bunch of people starting with Nicole Stewart, Kirby Games, and creeperlicious123…
It shows what looks like a huge huge shark at the bottom of the ocean - but is this really a living Megalodon? Or is this maybe just a another mega-hoax? Why don’t we just dive in and see if we can get to the bottom of this…
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Taking a closer look at the video, we see it claims this video was recorded in the Pacific ocean at a place called Mariana Trench.
SThe video shows us what looks like a camera feed from a remote underwater location. There is a strange structure on the ocean floor and a huge fish coming in from the right side of the camera.
Although we do get to see the fish for an extended period of time, we can’t really accurately measure it’s size. There is nothing in view that we could use to show us some scale.
I did a little looking around a bit, but couldn’t come up with much on my own, so I turned to Billschannel chief researcher Kyle Darkkova.
Kyle poured over dozens of webpages and followed this story back to it’s source, which brings me to this… the official answer.
But before I can tell you what the verdict is, I want to hear your answer first. So what I want you to do is… Yell out you answer either real or fake as loud as you can. Now if you’re the non verbal type or in class or the library, it’s ok to pause this video, go to the comments section, leave you answer there and then come back and watch the rest of the video…. ok… now no cheating… you ready and Go…
Ok, and now the official answer and here we go… The video showing a giant size fish at the bottom of the ocean has been examined and unanimously agreed to be a real video… but the fish shown in the video has been misidentified… it is not a megalodon and therefor the claim that is a living megalodon caught on camera is... fake.
Ok, I can understand that? But if it wasn’t a megalodon, what was it?
As it turns out, what we are looking is a piece of video shot by Japanese scientists sometime between 2000 and 2003.
According to multiple sources, it wasn’t shot in the Mariana Trench, but rather Suruga Bay which is not far away.
In this article from Russian publication Pravda, published in 2003, we get the real identity of the fish. it says, The researchers put a container with some smelly bait on the bay bottom. The smell of the bait attracted a shoal of deep-water sharks. But then the sharks scattered in all directions and researchers saw an incredibly huge monster on the screens of their monitors.
It turned to be a 7 meter or 23 foot long Pacific Sleeper shark. This is one of the largest species of sharks in the oceans but it is rarely seen because it spends its time in very deep waters.
Here’s another video of sleeper shark recorded at 9100 feet (or just under 2800 Meters). When you compare this to this, you see it is indeed a sleeper shark and not a Megalodon.
Ok, well that’s another Megalodon sighting down the drain. But don’t worry, this video has a happy ending because… I have a t-shirt to give away….
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The video is 100% real, thats a 30ft+ shark alright. only thing fake about it is is people calling it a megalodon when it clearly looks more like a giant sleeper shark
SilentKilla574 exactly bro
It is not at all clear what the megalodon was like, because the only thing we have of it are its teeth, even the size and shape of its mouth is an approximate thing, it is not at all known at what depth of water it lived? All the theories of scientists about the way of life of prehistoric creatures are just speculation, for example, they say that all dinosaurs over 15 kg around the world were destroyed by meteors! But why did the crocodile survive? With that big body? Answer: Because he was both cold-blooded and saved from the heat inside the river ..... So why did the other reptiles in the sea not survive and all of them perished? I say that creatures in the control of living things always have a hand in what survives or what is destroyed .....
@A.D.N.K GAMING Yes, I know what a sleeping shark is
@@khashayar8084 you just wanna believe it's a megalodon, but it's not
@@khashayar8084 we have a very good idea of the way dinosaurs lived just from their fossils. Want to know why crocodiles really survived? Because they’re cold blooded AND they can go 3 years without eating. Dinosaurs needed very large amounts of food daily for survival, just like humans. They didn’t survive because the cataclysmic event drastically changed the environment of earth and many species died out that other species were dependent on to stay alive. Thus, thousands of species died out, not all at once mind you, but over thousands of years. The extinction was not a 1 time event that wiped out everything in an instant. Many survived, but many were not able to sustain themselves on the reduced resources.
why are so many of the comments from recently?
Idk
Because it is ser to recent comments change the filter to top comments this is the default setting in all his videos
the nostalgia..
so nostalgic
youtube in 2015: hmm, lets wait 6 more years and then show everyone the video.
I’ll save you the 6 minutes. It’s a sleeper shark found in Japan. Megalodons are gone
Real, its a sleeper shark
Greenland and sleeper seem similar
😂😂
Lmao you prolly went ahead saw it and wrote it down 🤣
Used to be my fav channel to watch when I was like 9-10😂
People who dont learn science : fake
People that learn science : IDK LOL
Huh?
uknown
I don't know
This may sound stupid, but are you my long lost twin brother.
I'm joking I just had to say that.
yeah, it's greenland shark
+Zane Huff yes. it's my brother
+Dinh Mai Bao Nghiep that's what I thought at first but based on the location and how it looks if you look closer it's probably and this is just an assumption, a basking shark
For some reason this guys quirky enthusiasm just genuinely makes me laugh...
This is real but its not a megalodon
i like how most of the comments are by 5 year olds
Its a sleeper shark. But I do believe that the Megalodon is still alive. I mean... To be fair We've only explored 3 percent of our Oceans.
Very true. Also I have a real megalodon tooth so given basic physical evidence I might be able to tell if it's real or fake ( a tooth anyways)
I'm still never going in the ocean again lol
me to
XD
Damn Daniel
We need more researchers in the ocean. I’m tired of us trying to progress so damn fast that we feel the need to go to distant planets when there’s so much we don’t know about earth still.
I have a fear of open waters and deep waters
Agreed
“There’s nothing to measure it by” sir, the cage??
We don’t know how big it is tho
Worlds largest sleeper shark????
i think Megalodon is still real just at the very bottem of one of the oceans
Me too
Thank u a fellow believer needs support
+butch awesomeness megalodon is real.
well we only discorved 1/8 of the ocean so maybe there like 10 megalondon
this is a basking shark
It's just a enormous sleeper shark
The sleeper shark looks nothing like a Megalodon. There is a huge difference between them, like it's size, and appearance. Then again, we have explored less than 10% of the ocean, which could lead to sightings of possibly new or prehistoric species, lurking the deepest possible waters around the globe.
A lot of people want to believe it’s a meg but it’s not. It’s got a different color, probably a lot smaller, and different spot designs
Real but fake!!!!
the video is real but that's not a megalodon tho.
Yes
LOL
lmao
Stfu
I agree with you Angel
Real but its not a megalodon its a Greenland diver shark/sleeper shark.
a sleeper shark cant be that big they can only grow up to 20 ft and that thing is massive
zian the camera makes it look huge but in reality its not as big as a megaladon. Its like force perspective type of stuff.
Exactly. A megalodon would be wayyyy bigger.
What bigger than a fuckin orca
Can I still have a T-shirt 😁 5 years ain't that long.. right??
That look like a green land shark
It's a sleeper shark
It is a pacific sleep shark.
Yes
Real but it’s just a sleeper shark
If sharks sleep they gonna die
@@cgthugahh8730 its called a sleeper shark for it being slow and not that aggressive and seens they have really slow metabolism they grow big.
@@attrennux0000 oh so the name
Fake
But its a sleeper 🦈 thats all its that
thank you for the nostalgia youtube recommended
glad to see this guy still posting🙏🏾 I lvor you, been a fan since 2015
It's real, but it's not Megalodon. It's just a pacific sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus). They can grow up to more than 7 meters.
It's a Greenland shark
Nope! Greenland sleepers doesn't live in the pacific ocean and this video was filmed in the north pacific (marina trench). So it's a pacific sleeper.
+Scheltokeeper do u see how big a sleeper sharks eyes are
I think that too
Yea
Real or fake= best series on this channel. Subbed only for this... 😂😂
Me too
me to
same
Ye the real or fake are good
It is a Six-gill shark. This species have been recorded to grow in excess of 20 feet. They are a deep-water species. One of the original posts that included a portion of the video, claimed that the bait cage used was approx. 6' x 6' in area (no indication was given as to the height).
If this is the case, then it is easy to estimate the length of the pectoral fin and the height of head and the length from vicinity that fin to nose. If it is indeed 6 feet, then my estimate of total length is about 55-60 feet.
On the other hand, if the bait cage is 3', as is stated in this current video, then I estimate that the shark is about 30 feet in total length.
It's a Pacific sleeper shark. Also, the shark in the video only had 5 gills
The bait cage is a 2' square according to the actual scientific report of the expedition who provided this footage = sleeper shark is c.23 ft long.
This was my favourite video of this channel when I was like 5-7 😂
It could be real or fake we will never know the ocean is way too big to find the thing we want to find. It's like a needle in a haystack but the needle is moving.
Very accurate analogy.
fake because a megalodon has a spike on it's right fin
real
+Dominic Abeye no it dosent
That's a sixgill shark their prehistoric
That’s a basking shark u can tell by the color the roundness of the snout and the eyes
Yall guys are all peanut size brainers
It is actually a sleeper shark
@@walterwhite5388 Yh that’s my bad I should have corrected myself u ain’t gotta be rude bout it doe damn
@@seybianortega2234 alright I will forgive you
They’re *
This Is Fake That Shark Is Not A Megalodon Its A Sleeper Shark Not In Mariana Trench Its From Saruga Bay Japan
cant believe the comment section is still active lol
Ik
They are also known to live in very deep waters down to at least 7200 feet (2200 m). In the eastern north Atlantic, Greenland sharks can be observed or captured far inland in deep fjords.
no they live in warm water. it’s to cold down there
@@ryleemarie5129 they live in the depths its a sleeper shark
That's a Greenland Shark not a Megalodon, a Megalodon would be 10x bigger than this, its only 20ft long while Megalodon was 59ft long
Also Greenland sharks are blind since a parasite grows on its eyes making it blind and that's why it bumps into everything, its rarely seen and it lives in cold waters most of the time
+Mess201911 lol I like watching sharks bump into things
you are wrong it's a sleeper shark
Noo neverrrrr everrrrrrr 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 you 🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷
+Gamer 1 you guys need an education they are the same thing Greenland and sleeper shark
Real plus fake= rake
Aka: sleeper shark
6 yrs later and this video just blows up
Fun fact: The original video was recorded in 1989.
that is real. it is a sleeper shark
This is a Greenland shark it can be pretty big but it doesnt have that much big Toothes
Thank you for solving this mystery Diamond Dallas Paige, you're an inspiration to us all!
lol
I don't care if it's fake or real but fuck going into the ocean!
Yup
Bruh I know what will cheer u up watch the sea world jaws movie I think it was the 4th one
+Young Teddy what's a grouper
I REALLY want to believe that Megalodon exists!!! But then again, I'd never get on a boat...
I'm scared to get on one because of sharks
I really want them to be real as well
+sam cradick but their not
fake
BECAUSE WE NEED A BIGGER BOAT
It’s a Greenland shark, as soon as I saw the image for this video. I used to watch you all the time when I was little so I just had some nice nostalgia
I kinda dont know why people saying its a basking shark. A basking shark's mouth is always open
so many mysteries in this world...
Real, it's not Megalodon, it's a rare shark called a sleeper shark, and its been discovered last year.
Well kinda of fake because it was not the answering the question
u copied that of the vidio after he said the answer
+Nydia Vallejo-Gonzalez so what she is still right but your nice!!!!
+Lizzy's productions and dogs and cats And pet shop just tell me that one more time I dindnt understand the last part
jelly belly jacob I actually said this before he said what it was, believe me or not.
That’s a Greenland shark, man.
It’s a basking shark. Ok I was wrong, but it wasn’t a Megalodon.
Sleeper or greenland shark
I think its real.
EDIT: Dang, thats epic.
I remember seeing this video on shark week in 2000 or 2001, and they said it was a 20 something foot Sleeper Shark. Why is this a thing now?
This is obviously a real animal, but it is not a megaladon 🙂. It is some other species of shark.
Looks very similar to the Greenland shark. Sleeper shark is another name for the Greenland shark which may get to be over twenty feet in length.
actually the footage has been analyzed again and it turns out that experts are not sure if it is a sleeper shark because it is too big to be a sleeper shark. Sleeper sharks are 20 feet in length and megalodon is 50 feet in length. The Cage with the bait measures 10 feet in length, and according to new estimates the shark in the footage is greater than 20 feet. It is approximately 50 feet in length, so therefore it can be called a megalodon. However, whether it is a megalodon or not is still not certain, for it may be a 50 foot sleeper shark.
Let's just hope it's a sleeper
@@acidicflavor6651 lol
@@acidicflavor6651 tbh with you I'm convinced that it is a megladon
The video is real but it's not a Megalodon. It's probably a sleeper shark (Greenland shark)
I'm not sure what kind of shark this is but, it's definitely not a meg shark.
Maybe the shark was close to the camera
I think it's a real video but not a megalodon. Looks like some sort of deep sea seven filled shark probably a close relative to the Greenland shark, which would make it about 12 to 15 feet long maximum. I think, but I'm not an expert.
Looks like a Sleeper Shark
It is
Wow this was published in 2015 and people are still posting comments today
its a greenland shark. have a round fin.
I’m pretty sure it’s real but it’s not the Meg it’s actually a Greenland shark and they can live up 300yrs
Edit: it was a good guess
After retiring from wrestling, Diamond Dallas Page became a yoga instructor and part time shark hunter
Oh no,this is a sleeper shark no doubt about it?
This is a sleeper shark. They prefer depths of about 6,500 ft and look like that because they live in the dark. In the situation it looks like it swam to deep and is stuck there. The Mariana trench is 35,000 ft deep and the deepest a share can swim down is about 10,000 ft. Gravity is his enemy today.
Not fake. Known as a sleeper shark. Only 23 feet as the measurement conversions were off. Not 3m but 3 feet for the cage. Still a big shark but not a crazy Megalodon nor a fake.
This is real but it is a sleeper shark
Omfg that footage is sooo 2008...that's a Pacific Sleeper shark aka Greenland shark....they're pretty big but are only 1/3 the size of a Megalodon....Greenland sharks don't even look like Megs...Great white sharks look more like a Meg because they are a modern relative to them....not that anyone even knows what a Megalodon looks like since their presence is only marked by their huge teeth.
a greenland shark and sleeper shark are 2 different sharks, but of the same species. just fyi
lol right you are!
Thanks for the info my first thought was how big is the megladon!
Are u freakin kidding 1/3 the size of a megladon! You know how big that would be! Dumbo!
its not a greenland stupid
How cute that sleeper shark 😍😍😍
The video is real but it's not a megalodon, it's a greenland shark. We don't know if there's still megalodon out there lurking
because 5% of the ocean has been explored.
Or a pacific sleeper shark
Oh otuh
Its a pacific sleeper shark because greenland sharks don't live that far south
1. We've only explored 5% of the ocean so who says they aren't extinct? 2. If they are extinct, they died off about 2 million years ago, if we found anything on them, it would only be bones/teeth
My thing is that there really could still be a megalodon because we have bearly explored the ocean
so true
+Javier Yip I'm not going to believe someone who can't spell extinct
+Javier Yip Prove it.
That is absolute REAL.
Video is real but it's not megalodon it's lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris, species of requiem shark)
im guessing you didnt watch till the end
My answer: Pacific Sleeper Shark. A large one, probably around 20 feet. The video is real, but not a meg.
This came out 5 years ago and people still are answering
Yeah lol
True
Omg ikr
That’s a Greenland shark
It looks like six or seven gill shark. That’s like if they called the goblin shark the megalodon.
real but it is not a megalodon
I see what you did there
Yes fake but it is not a megaladon
+Meag K. he maent by real large shark but the its not a megaladon
sure
it is not a mgealadon it is sleeper shark.
It's a sleeper shark. Ez, but it was the 2nd biggest recorded sleep in history.
This is Megalodon real
Yo that t shirt giveaway still goin on? 👀
u'r here for the tshirt XD
Sleeper sharks can live longer if they were bigger than this they can live up to 700 years but the oldest known sleeper shark has lived for 400 years
It is basking shark not megalodon shark
real but its greenland shark look at the pattern
the video is real. i dont know if it's a meg (im still on the fence if its still alive or not) it definitely looks like a greenland shark. i had to do a report on greenland shark and the biggest ones have only gotten up to around 24 ft. but it sure as hell looks like a greenland shark.
Sleeper shark, no fin on top
Real. But it's not a megalodon. It's a Greenland shark.
Real, but it's not a megalodon 💯🔥🙏
Greenland shark being call a meg:AM I A JOKE 2 U
It's not a Greenland shark they are in the Atlantic ocean it's a giant sleeper shark that's in the Pacific ocean
its real its a sleeper shark likes about 30ish feet not a expert but if that man made thing it should be around 4 feet
The shark is real but thats not the megalodon
Its a green land stark it can live Up to 110 years
also larger than great white
It can live 400+ years
Look at the gills they would stick instead they flop around like rubber also It stayed at the bottom for along time so also it cold be a zoomed in thank of that
I think megalodon still lives
I like how this was in 2015 but there are people commenting today
Tiktok brought us here.
haha
@@thisdj83 not me
It’s not a megalodon it’s just a different shark that got over sized lol. Probably… wait a minute. That shark can grow 25
Feet each
It's real, but meg don't look like that...