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What ‘The Meg’ gets wrong — and right — about megalodon sharks

A paleobiologist helps Science News separate fact from fiction in the film

screenshot from The Meg

SHARK STUDY  A megalodon shark swims past a polycarbonate “cage” containing a biological oceanographer, played by Li Bingbing, in The Meg. 

Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

By Carolyn Gramling

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