Extinct Super Sharks, Mysterious Die Offs, Stopping Attacks

Today, you’ll learn about a new project trying to keep humans and sharks separate and safe, how all sharks almost mysteriously went extinct 19 million years ago, and how great white sharks may have contributed to the extinction of a shark twice its size!Boundaries between sharks and humans."DR. CRAIG O’CONNELL INTERVIEW" by James Lynchhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/11cCRcmKohhTGOf67QtF_tQ59cMr2w6pq0DaA5pLrOcI/edit?usp=sharingAbout O’Seas Foundation by O’Seas Foundationhttps://www.oseasfdn.org/aboutNear extinction.“Something mysteriously wiped out about 90 percent of sharks 19 million years ago” by Carolyn Gramlinghttps://www.sciencenews.org/article/shark-die-off-mystery-fossils-pacific-ocean-paleontology“Rate of atmospheric carbon dioxide rise unprecedented” by Thomas Sumnerhttps://www.sciencenews.org/article/rate-atmospheric-carbon-dioxide-rise-unprecedented“An early Miocene extinction in pelagic sharks” by ELIZABETH C. SIBERT AND LEAH D. RUBINhttps://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.aaz3Great white megalodon“Great White Sharks May Have Driven Megalodons into Extinction” by Elizabeth Gamillohttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/great-white-sharks-may-have-driven-megalodons-into-extinction-180980179/“Trophic position of Otodus megalodon and great white sharks through time revealed by zinc isotopes” by Jeremy McCormack, Michael L. Griffiths, Sora L. Kim, Kenshu Shimada, Molly Karnes, Harry Maisch, Sarah Pederzani, Nicolas Bourgon, Klervia Jaouen, Martin A. Becker, Niels Jöns, Guy Sisma-Ventura, Nicolas Straube, Jürgen Pollerspöck, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Robert A. Eagle & Thomas Tütkenhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-30528-9“Great White Sharks May Have Pushed Megalodons to Extinction” by Isaac Schultzhttps://gizmodo.com/great-white-sharks-megalodon-extinction-1848995245For more about sharks, head to SharkWeek.com and don't miss #SharkWeek starting 7/24 on Discovery and streaming on discovery+.Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/extinct-super-sharks-mysterious-die-offs-stopping-attacksFollow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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