Pompano
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A MEGLADON IN BAJA! (It's a damn BIG shark.)
Mi compadre recently gave me a big OLD shark's tooth he had found while on a Baja walkabout near his home.
What a tooth, eh?
For comparison, here's a modern day tooth that I came across recently.
Researching I found: The megalodon, "big tooth" in Greek, was a giant shark that lived in the prehistoric times during the late Oligocene epoch and
Neogene period, approximately 25 to 1.5 million years ago, and was a super-predator.
It looks to me like it would take about a dozen of us humans to make a meal...whew...
It was by far the largest and most powerful fish of its time. Maximum size is theorized by experts to be around 20.3 metres (67 ft) in length and 103
metric tons (114 short tons) in weight, making it the largest shark in vertebrate history and also one of the biggest hyper-carnivorous predators ever
known. Fossil evidence has revealed that C. megalodon had a cosmopolitan distribution and fed upon large marine animals.
Sharks regularly lose some of their many teeth whenever they bite prey. These teeth fall out and are regrown throughout their lives.
The same held true for ancient Megladon.
I highly doubt I would have been snorkeling back then. 
[Edited on 3-9-2010 by Pompano]
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Mexitron
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A one hundred ton shark---that's friggin scary! Actually we'd probably be to small for it to worry about eating....
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what's it worth?
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JESSE
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Thats plenty sashimi for everyone.
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rts551
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Nice one. They can also be found in the desert by Asuncion. Sorry I don't have the GPS coordinates
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ELINVESTIG8R
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That would definitely take a large bite out of your nalgas!
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josie
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So what kind of lure would you use to hook that thing Pompano? 
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Skipjack Joe
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I'll let him know
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Skipjack Joe
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Just got off the phone.
Says it'll take 6 barrels.
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Were gona need a bigger boat..........On second thought I'll stay here and get the beer, be careful.
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oladulce
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Holy Cow, I'd pass out if I stumbled across such a giant specimen in such perfect shape. It's fun just to find 2 or 3 inchers and those are rarely
intact. But yours is a beauty.
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Pompano, Very Cool Discovery
Megalodons in Baja?
This kind of reminds me of the old Saturday Night Live skit when the doorbell rings at a Manhattan apartment, and this very passive voice says,
"Pizza". They open the door and then somebody gets eaten.
Good times! 
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