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Megalodon

This is my digital painting of a Megalodon , meaning "big tooth", an extinct species of shark that lived approximately 23 to 3.6 million years ago . While regarded as one of the largest and most powerful predators to have ever lived, megalodon is known from fragmentary remains, and its appearance and maximum size are uncertain.

Most estimates of megalodon's size extrapolate from teeth; with maximum length estimates up to 18 meters (59 ft) and average length estimates of 10.5 meters (34 ft). Estimates suggest their large jaws could exert a bite force of up to 110,000 to 180,000 newtons (25,000 to 40,000 lbf). Their teeth were thick and robust, built for grabbing prey and breaking bone.

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Gary is available for commission work. Contact him at RichardsGaryF@gmail.com. Gary was born in New Hampshire in 1949. His ability to draw things in detail since his childhood had teachers encouraging him to become an artist by trade, but the opportunity was not available in his current environment. Instead, he pursued computer science and programming career for 45 years. Once he retired, Gary pursued his passion of becoming an artist and was truly inspired by a passage in the Holy Bible that stated, *I have seen the God-given task with which the sons of man are to be occupied. He has made everything beautiful in its time.* Eccl. 3:10:-11. During his 20s he took The Famous Artists Course to enhance his natural talent. In the following...