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<blockquote data-quote="hamishspence" data-source="post: 5001702" data-attributes="member: 41555">Source for chunky megalodon<a href="http://www.elasmo-research.org/education/evolution/reconstruct_megalodon.htm" target="_blank">Reconstructing Megalodon</a>&nbsp;Having done a few checks, 100 tons does look a bit overweight- other estimates look more like 60 tons for the 70ft version. &nbsp;Still- the general consensus does seem to be that it was chunkier than its smaller cousin.&nbsp;Also, after a lot of online digging, the high figures for great whites seem to be:&nbsp;20 ft, 4200 pounds.21 ft, 4800 pounds.&nbsp;I'm not sure where people are getting 5000+ pound figures from- maybe ones which have been caught after heavy feeding?&nbsp;<a href="http://www.swordfishingcentral.com/great-white-shark-facts.html" target="_blank">http://www.swordfishingcentral.com/great-white-shark-facts.html</a>&nbsp;I notice that Wikipedia figures sometimes look like they've been edited, such as &quot;Estimates of up to 2 tons, but a maximum measured weight of 2.2 tons&quot; Which is rather oddly phrased.&nbsp;The above site had a more logically phrased example: &quot;Estimates of up to 2 tons, but a maximum measured weight of 1.75 tons&quot;&nbsp;Also- the length to weight ratios seem to vary a lot (regional differences?) The largest well authenticated one I've found details of, was the Alf Dean 1959 specimen- 16' 10&quot;, 2664 lb. Yet specimens of comparable length in other places are claimed to be 4000 lb or more.&nbsp;Comparing the Alf Dean Specimen to Yai, the heaviest crocodile in captivity, puts Yai as longer, but not by much- Yai was fairly close in weight in 1989 (1114 kg or 2465 lb) when the Guinness Book of Records accepted the record, but was 19' 8&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hamishspence, post: 5001702, member: 41555"] [b]Source for chunky megalodon[/b] [URL="http://www.elasmo-research.org/education/evolution/reconstruct_megalodon.htm"]Reconstructing Megalodon[/URL] Having done a few checks, 100 tons [I]does[/I] look a bit overweight- other estimates look more like 60 tons for the 70ft version. Still- the general consensus does seem to be that it was chunkier than its smaller cousin. Also, after a lot of online digging, the high figures for great whites seem to be: 20 ft, 4200 pounds. 21 ft, 4800 pounds. I'm not sure where people are getting 5000+ pound figures from- maybe ones which have been caught after heavy feeding? [URL]http://www.swordfishingcentral.com/great-white-shark-facts.html[/URL] I notice that Wikipedia figures sometimes look like they've been edited, such as "Estimates of up to 2 tons, but a maximum measured weight of 2.2 tons" Which is rather oddly phrased. The above site had a more logically phrased example: "Estimates of up to 2 tons, but a maximum measured weight of 1.75 tons" Also- the length to weight ratios seem to vary a lot (regional differences?) The largest well authenticated one I've found details of, was the Alf Dean 1959 specimen- 16' 10", 2664 lb. Yet specimens of comparable length in other places are claimed to be 4000 lb or more. Comparing the Alf Dean Specimen to Yai, the heaviest crocodile in captivity, puts Yai as longer, but not by much- Yai was fairly close in weight in 1989 (1114 kg or 2465 lb) when the Guinness Book of Records accepted the record, but was 19' 8". [/QUOTE]

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