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Select the statement that accurately summarizes why the megalodon went extinct.
A decrease in territory meant mass migration to other oceanic environments.
Increased competition for food and territory.
An increase in more evolved sharks left the megalodon without mates.
Climate change caused the ocean waters to become too cold.
Humans started to hunt the megalodon for its fins.
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Climate change caused the ocean waters to become too cold.
Briefly: evidence points to Pliocene cooling and changing ocean ecosystems that reduced warm-water habitat and large prey for megalodon — with added pressure from competition — as the main causes. Humans did not overlap with megalodon, and the “no mates” idea is incorrect.
Briefly: evidence points to Pliocene cooling and changing ocean ecosystems that reduced warm-water habitat and large prey for megalodon — with added pressure from competition — as the main causes. Humans did not overlap with megalodon, and the “no mates” idea is incorrect.
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