Meet the top 10 biggest sharks in the world and history. From prehistoric sharks like the Megalodon, to the largest of the present as the whale shark and the great white shark. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -MEGALODON (CARCHARODON MEGALODON) It is the largest sea monster of all time. It measured between 52 and 65 feet (16 and 20 meters) in length and 22.9 feet (seven meters) in height. It was three times bigger than a white shark! -WHALE SHARK (RHINCODON TYPUS) It reaches an impressive 39.3 feet (12 meters) in length. The whale shark lives in warm oceans around the world at less than 2200 feet (700 meters) deep. -BASKING SHARK (CETORHINUS MAXIMUS) Surely, you must already know this voluminous shark that swims with its mouth open. It is the second largest fish in the world today. -GREAT WHITE SHARK (CARCHARODON CARCHARIAS) Have you ever seen this predator’s teeth They exceed 2.7 inches (7 centimeters) and have serrated edges, meaning similar to the edges of an electric saw. -HELICOPRION Of all the prehistoric animals, this is considered one of the ugliest and most frightening looking. Its main characteristic was to have a spiral protrusion filled with teeth in the lower jaw. -CARCHAROCLES CHUBUTENSIS Its name means glorious Chubut shark. It lived in a period between 28 and 5 million years during the Oligocene, Miocene and Pliocene era. -OTODUS This extinct species of shark lived between the Paleocene and the Eocene eras in a period that goes from 55 to 45 million years ago. -PTYCHODUS This shark measured around 32.8 feet (10 meters) and lived during the Cretaceous era, in a period ranging between 112 and 85 million years ago. -CARCHAROCLES AGUSTIDENS It lived from 33 to 22 million years ago. During all that time, it was a dominant predator eating penguins, seals, dolphins and even whales. -CRETOXYRHINA Maybe you've heard of it as Ginsu shark, in relation to the knives of that brand that serve to cut meat. It is a genus of shark that lived between 100 and 82 million years ago, during the Cretaceous period. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Us: Trend Max is an education and entertainment channel dedicated to creating interesting Tops and Lists. Do not miss a single video SUBSCRIBE NOW. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Us: Facebook: https://goo.gl/cfALte Google+ : https://goo.gl/5yNJ3r ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- For copyright matters, please contact us: videos@trendmax.tv