Big Meg : The Story of the Largest and Most Mysterious Predator That Ever Lived - Tim Flannery

Big Meg

The Story of the Largest and Most Mysterious Predator That Ever Lived

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At the age of 16, renowned Australian palaeontologist Tim Flannery made a discovery that would spark a lifelong passion. Along the bank of a creek in his home state of Victoria, he found the fossilised tooth of a megalodon, a giant shark that roamed our oceans millions of years ago. This remarkable find, the tooth was large enough to cover his palm, sparked an interest in palaeontology that was to inform his life's work and a lifelong quest to uncover the secrets of the world's largest ever predator, the great shark Otodus megalodon.

Tim passed on his love of the natural world and interest in the fossil record to his daughter, Emma, a scientist and writer. And now, together, they have written a fascinating account of this ancient marine creature.

Big Meg charts the evolution of megalodon, its super-predator status for about fifteen million years and its decline and extinction. It delves into the fossil record to answer questions about its behaviour and role in shaping marine ecosystems as well as its impact on the human psyche. It contains stories of the scientist and amateur fossil hunters who have scoured the seas, and land, for fossil remains, drawn to the beauty and mystique of the great shark, sometimes meeting their death in the process.

Like the fossil record itself, this enthralling story is a piece of the great natural history of our planet.
Industry Reviews
'Big Meg is big fun! It's packed to the gills with gobsmacking facts, insightful conjecture and personal obs from two world-class scientists and explorers ... a megalodon of delight for any shark-lover!' -- The Sunday Times
'Hugely enjoyable. We're going to need a much bigger boat!' -- Dr George McGavin, zoologist and broadcaster
'Think Indiana Jones crossed with Charles Darwin.' (on The Atmosphere of Hope) -- Financial Times
'In lucid and authoritative prose, he details what the implications of global heating will be for the intricacy of life on Earth. (on The Weather Makers) -- The Times

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