What ‘The Meg’ gets wrong — and right — about megalodon sharks
A paleobiologist helps Science News separate fact from fiction in the film
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SHARK STUDY A megalodon shark swims past a polycarbonate “cage” containing a biological oceanographer, played by Li Bingbing, in The Meg.
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