Shark Week Is Lying Again: Megalodon Is Definitely Extinct

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Shark Week 2013’s fake megalodon “documentary” had people furious, but it seems Discovery Channel hasn’t learned its lesson.

Published Aug. 15 2014 1:00PM EDT

articles/2014/08/15/shark-week-is-lying-again-megalodon-is-definitely-extinct/140815-megalodon-schiffman-tease_euoza1 — Chris Fallows/Discovery

On Saturday, Discovery Channel will air Megalodon: The New Evidence, a sequel to the 2013 “documentary” Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives. Both specials are about Carcharocles megalodon, the largest predatory shark of all time, and feature alleged “shocking new evidence” that these animals are not really extinct.

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Shark Week Is Lying Again: Megalodon Is Definitely Extinct

Shark Week 2013’s fake megalodon “documentary” had people furious, but it seems Discovery Channel hasn’t learned its lesson.

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