Megalodon (Shark)

You know, I really haven't drawn a megalodon at all during my time here, and not very recently in general. I would say that's because it keeps changing, but I think it's more likely that I've been really into terrestrial reptiles and less so in ocean life.

That said, my interest in sea life has grown more recently, with several sharks and other aquatic animals soon to be shown here.

Anyway, enough rambling. Here's the megalodon drawing.

No color

Since there’s so much going on, I made this chart to identify the species.

1 = Otodus megalodon

2 = Piscobalaena nana

3 = Livyatan melvillei

4 = Spheniscus megaramphus

5 = Brachydelphis jahuayensis

6 = Piscogavialis jugaliperforatus

7 = Pelagornis sp.

8 = Piscolithax aenigmaticus

9 = Acrophoca longirostris

10 = Hydrarctos lomasiensis

11 = Thalassocnus yuacensis

12 = Pacifichelys urbinai

13 = Odobenocetops peruvianus

14 = Kogia danomurai

15 = Ninoziphius platyrostris

16 = Phalacrocorax sp.

The Paleoverse includes my cryptid stories along with my Sauria Island stories. It mainly focuses on prehistoric animals in modern day. If you're wondering why they're still alive, basically, there's this giant crystal on Sauria Island that can create a barrier to shield the island which is why there are still dinosaurs on it. But there are also prehistoric mammals like Smilodon on the island who arrived there via land bridges.

Now, even though I have explored aquatics in this universe, I only ever tackled freshwater stories. Nessie's Loch, Champ's Lake, and Crown of Teeth all take place in lakes, but then I thought, what would happen if I were to focus on a story set in the ocean?

Now, I already used quite a few popular aquatic reptiles for my cryptid stories so it would be hard making a story about them again since it would essentially be the same, just out at sea and not in a lake. But what if I didn't focus on them?

What if I focused on an animal that I really like, but I haven't introduced into the Paleoverse?

Otodus Megalodon, or simply Megalodon, is a gargantuan shark who would've never fit into this universe because the stories are mainly focused around either the inhabitants of Sauria Island, or a team of people trying to uncover the truth about a lake cryptid.

But let's just say, what if, in the vastness of the potential Multiverse, a version of me somewhere out there decided not to focus on lake cryptids, and instead, made a series connected to Sauria Island but is set in the ocean?

Now, as I've said, Megalodon is massive, which would mean if it were to roam around in modern day, it would certainly devastate almost every ecosystem it comes across, and with the Paleoverse featuring evolved versions of prehistoric animals, you can bet that Megalodon would've taken the same route and would have evolved to surpass it's current state.

And here is what I think a Meg would look like in my universe.

At 80 feet long, 30 feet tall, and weighing in at 90 tons, this modern Megalodon is somehow even more formidable than it's Cenezoic counterpart.

The design features a bulky head, spikes on the body, spines on the front of the dorsal and pectoral fins, and while it doesn't have color here, it's top half is a dark, navy blue, the middle half is tinted in a faded red, and as usual with sharks, it has a white underbelly.

It's species name, Megalodon Fludomitor translates to "Big Tooth Wave Tamer". Which refers to how dominant this beast is in its element. It's bite force is so devastating, it can crunch through metal. Like many sharks, it also has a common name, Megatooth Shark.

The specific individual in this drawing is an adult male. Researchers who have been observing him have given him the name of "Forneus". He is extremely aggressive, territorial, and powerful. And unlike other sharks, he does attack humans on purpose. Specifically, he attacks cruise ships because in his mind, he sees those ships as rival predators because he only ever sees them from the bottom. His bite is so powerful, he can rip the underside of the ships apart in a matter of minutes.

Forneus is most definitely a force to be reckoned with. Any hunter who tries to kill him for profit end up being hunted themselves. His thick hide allows him to endure many injuries that would otherwise kill other sharks and despite his size, he's abnormally fast.

As far as researchers know, he is not the only one of his kind. A 35 foot long female was seen off the coast of Brazil which means that perhaps these sharks are breeding because that female is a younger specimen.

It's been very difficult when it comes to researching anything about Forneus because of his aggressive nature. He kills anyone who tries to tag him and he doesn't care if it's just a small boat, he will kill anything that he deems as a threat. In fact, at one point, he was attacked by a pod of orcas. At first, he ignored them, that was, until they foolishly attacked him thinking they could wear him down. This angered him so he devoured the whole pod with one chomp.

It's unknown why he acts like this. Really, he shouldn't because of how big he is. He should be ignoring most of the things he sees as threats but for some reason, he doesn't. But the truth researchers don't know is that this shark, while he thinks that ships are living beings, is more intelligent than he seems at first, because he actually holds a grudge against humanity.

When he was younger, he was mistaken for a great white. But because of him being slightly bigger, hunters wanted to hunt him down badly due to them thinking they'd get a substantial reward if they hunt such a large shark down. This led to many humans attempting to kill Forneus, and after a while, he started fighting back by ramming their boats and pulling them into the water.

Now that he has grown significantly, he's taking his anger out on every human because of the trauma he faced when he was younger. Another thing to note about Megalodon Fludomitor is that it can dive to an extremely deep depth. Thanks to it's hide being very dense, it can withstand extreme water pressure, to the point where Forneus even went as far as hunting squids in the depths. But there was one event where a sperm whale got in the way, he killed the whale immediately after.

This shark also has a tendency of breaching the water. He can't exactly jump due to his size but he is known for making small leaps out of the water when ambushing prey. And he has a nasty habit of tearing off whale tails to ensure they won't escape him.

There was also a report of a dead Megalodon washing up on a Florida beach. This one was also a fully grown male, but it was torn to shreds by Forneus during a territorial dispute.

As of right now, there are measures being taken to avoid more casualties, but Forneus is not seen as a big enough threat to be killed off because at the end of the day, he's an animal, and if you get out of his way, he'll get out of yours. More and more people have been using aircraft in other to travel or ship cargo. And ships are advised to take specific routes in order to avoid an unfortunate encounter with the Mega Shark.

Forneus is almost unmatched in the ocean due to him being bigger than even the biggest modern sperm whales. He regularly slaughters whales and on one occasion, he even killed a blue whale and it's baby.

Forneus most definitely is what most people expect a Megalodon would be like, or at least, it's what people think a modern Megalodon would be like. He's extremely powerful, fierce, and can live in deep waters with little to no problems.

In terms of younger individuals, they tend to stay near shallow waters until they grow to 40 feet which is where they start heading out into the open sea. Another thing to note about the species is that they have the unsettling ability to open their jaws wider than the Cenozoic Megalodons.

And as a bonus, I drew an Odobenocetops. If you didn't know, it's a prehistoric toothed whale that has two very unique tusks. If you're wondering why one of the tusks is shorter, that's just how it is. For some odd reason, this whale has a tusk that's bigger than the other. The only reason I included it here is because it's possible young Megalodons preyed on this animal.

But as powerful and as dominant as Forneus is, I didn't say that nothing in the sea opposed him...

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Subject Name: Mehtiġ Dēor

Height: 32 feet tall

Length: 82 feet long

Weight: 100 tons

Current Location: Alaskan Coast

Behavior: Passive unless provoked

Status: Active

Species: Livyatan Ahabdaemonium (Meaning: Ahab's Demon Leviathan)

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Hello, once again I’m looking at every creature in the Dino Dan franchise. We’re now at the final stretch as we begin with the new Creatures from Dino Dana. To recap, I’m looking at each creatures’ design, behavior and any other information given and looking at how accurate/inaccurate it is and some personal notes on the design itself.

Positives = Accuracies

IDK = Can’t find or tell weather that’s accurate/possible or not

Negatives = Inaccuracies

Stellar design for the first new creature of the series. The orange with white stripes is nice on its own and the green spikes really sell it for me. I also really like the shape and kinda prefer the long neck.

In terms of pure aesthetics, this is fine, but honestly I prefer stuff like the Primeval Titanoboa (hottake). Also the pink comes off as a bit humiliating, more so than the yellow on the Rex and Tricera. Also, interesting this is what they went for as first Cenozoic of the series

That stupid goofy feather cut really tanks the design for me. A feather cut which every individual Incisivo has BTW. That and the head is bizarrely small, the lack of proper wings and the color not really doing anything for me. Notability, the 2D app version of this design lacks the dumb feather cut, making it automatically better.

Say for the lack of hooves, this design looks pretty good overall. With that said, purple with yellow spots has got to be the most humiliating coloration of any creature in the show yet (the male looks a bit better though).

The mix of purple, red, blue and green look gorgeous in Sinornitho. It rivals Kosmo and Futa for favorite of any creature in the show. The head also looks nice, Unfortunately, it still lacks wings but whatever. Fix the wings and the skinny-ness, then the design will be perfect.

Meg is a fine creature in general and I primarily only dislike Meg design when they’re just Great White but big. While going the thicc boi route would have been preferable, I do really like the black with purple spots and stripes look.

Also, before you say it’s too big, I can head-canonize the IMAGINARY submarine as being bigger inside like the Tardis. Also I find so bizarre how Meg and Livy are seen exclusively in Dana’s imagination

I actually prefer feathered medium boi Nanuq. This design looks really good with the black n white color and the spots and I prefer the old thinner build, tho this might be a bit too thin. Also the roar is sometimes cool and other times annoying.

This might be one of my favorite designs in the show. Horn length aside, the build is splendid and the grayish-blue with orange frill are just fantastic. Accurate and appealing, A+.

It’s not big surprise this design is super accurate, you’d have to try to make a bad wooly design. This one looks really good too, but the design really speaks for it

Smilodon looks really cool too, I love white face markings and shades of brown and the leopard spots (though you can’t really see from the photo). I’m pretty this is meant to be S.fatalis. Good kitty.

While I do wish the skull and skin were ironed out, the overall design looks nice and the horse splotches look really cool, I don’t care how inaccurate or on the nose it is. Also the straight up horse noises are ironically funny.

Also weird they still won’t add an ornithomimid but did add Hippodraco of all dinosaurs (not that I’m complaining about horse dragon)

While it sucks that this guy is a reskin, the orange brown with white stripes is still gorgeous. I also kinda prefer this design over both Maia and Edmonto

Updated notes (updates in highlights): Thank you so everyone who pointed some of these out it me.

Had to look close at the feet to see if I was right or not. Also I didn’t know forehead nostrils were inaccurate for Brachio.

I decided that for Stygi and Draco the invalid genus inaccuracy only applies to the series since it’s (kinda) fixed in the movie.

Reworded to just say Troodon is dubious

Had a good close look at the Theri feet are there are 4 toes

Thank you for reading, hope you enjoyed and goodbye.

The Florida Marine Market is one of many Illegal Markets in the world, this is an "independent" meaning they are only found in one location and do not have operations across the world. The Florida Marine Market is located in Southern Florida and is the largest dealer in prehistoric marine life. Although the market does not host official fights, clients are allowed to rent out water tanks to host fights.

Lets take a tour

Here is the view that people flying in will see.

The entrance

The market has also bred three Spinoraptors, which are named after famous living paleontologists Naish, Horner, and Paul

Oh and they have megalodon

In another tank is the massive shonisaurus

The only Pterosaur the market houses is Pteranodon sternbergi

Not all the animals at the market are predators, some are graceful animals, like the Archelon

The final marine animal is Dunkleosteus, that massive placoderm fish

In the middle of the Megalodon habitat is an island containing Australovenators, guests view them through a dome

Oh and they have spinosaurus

Because JWE2 does not have Psittacosaurus and Livyatan, I was unable to add them here, but in the series they will be present

Marvel Studious makes the 4th movie in the Scavenger franchise: Scaveenger III. After a Megalodon eats Jack Horner's pet vulture, he sets out on a daring mission. He seeks to prove that Megalodon is a scavenger pussy. Will he succeed? Find out in this exciting movie!

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Disney's Death Tyrant is nothing compared to Netflix's TheGreatest Horror Moviie oof all Time. Bizarre dinosaurs with too many heads and limbs will haunt your nightmares for the rest of your life. Watch now and despair!

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