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Scuba divers find four megalodon teeth at least 3.5 million years old

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Divers found four megalodon teeth that are at least 3.5million-years-old while scouring the sea floor.

Alex Guirgues was diving 40 miles off the coast of Southport, North Carolina, USA, on June 28 when he started to explore an area called Meg Ledge.

Fascinating footage shows the group carefully combing the seafloor and turning over rocks with the aim of finding fossils from the animals that went extinct 3.6million years ago.

After almost an hour of diving, Alex’s group had found four teeth, each measuring between four and five inches long.

Alex said: “I've been diving for almost six years and finding some megalodon teeth has been on my bucket list for a while so it was amazing to finally do it.

“It felt so rewarding when I found that first tooth. I will definitely be making a return trip at some point to find more.

“Until you turn it over and dust it off, you can't know for sure if it's a tooth. During the dives, I picked up a lot of rocks to check if they were teeth.

“However, you can sort of tell that they have a roughly triangular outline. The teeth I found are four to five inches long.

“The ledge was at 100ft, and I was diving with 30% enriched air nitrox. This meant that my maximum bottom time within no decompression limits was around 25 minutes. I did two dives that were roughly that long.”

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