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“ | A newly discovered prehistoric colossus. Some say this beast was responsible for the extinction of the Megalodon... | ” |
— In-game description.
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The Big Daddy, based on a Dunkleosteus, is the 7th playable and 9th largest playable creature in Hungry Shark Evolution. While technically not a shark and being the first non-shark character in the game, he is the 10th strongest creature in Hungry Shark Evolution, exceeding the Megalodon in capabilities and size. He can grow up to 14 meters (Previously 30 meters) in size. He needs 150000 points to trigger Gold Rush, only 25000 points more than Megalodon.
Abilities
Big Daddy - No One Is Safe - Official Trailer
Big Daddy dwarfs all sharks below the Megalodon. He has the 10th most health, with 250 (previously 325). However, like all other large sharks, Big Daddy's health drains very quickly.
Big Daddy's diet consists of Death Mines and even Mini Subs. Instead of running in front of Mini Subs, he can destroy them from anywhere in a single hit. He can also eat Mini Sub Torpedos, and is able to destroy Enemy Robo Shark, Helicopters, and Biplanes in one hit, instead of 2 hits with previous sharks. Big Daddy has armour on some of his body, which allows him to deflect Mini Sub Torpedos on that area. Also breaks small cages in one hit (without boosting).
His pharyngeal jaw can also stretch out to pull in further prey. During a Gold Rush, this colossal fish can achieve a score multiplier of x80.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Quite fast
- Can eat Ultra Mines
- Can eat all non-enemy shark prey
- He can destroy Small Shark Cages in one hit
- Mutant Tongue
- Can Move on Land
- Slides easily on land
- Has a second mouth, making him easy to reach prey.
- Can easily destroy Mini Subs
- Can deflect Mini Sub Torpedos and can eat them too.
- Can eat Enemy Pyro Shark
Cons
- Colossal size causes him to get stuck in rocks
- Can be more vulnerable to submarines
- Rapid health drain without Little Daddy
- Takes extra damage when moving on land. Same as Megaladon
- Overall outclassed by DarkHammer
- Slow compared to some other sharks
- Bad boost
Personal Pet
You can buy Little Daddy, which gives your Big Daddy an extra 30% stamina, as well as substantially reduces the health drain speed, prolonging your survival time as well as its bonus, for 300 , the same cost of the Baby Megalodon.
Goals
Name | Objective | Reward |
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Mine Muncher Pro | Eat 20 death mines | 5,250 ![]() |
Chopper Chomper | Take Down 7 Choppers | 4,250 ![]() |
Canned Snack | Eat 15 caged people | 5,750 ![]() |
Boat Wrecker | Sink 30 boats | 5,000 ![]() |
Mega Feast | Eat 3 enemy megalodons | 5,000 ![]() |
Migration Annihilation | Eat 5 rare birds | 4,750 ![]() |
Shark Men Snack | Eat 2 shark men | 4,500 ![]() |
Crab Surprise | Kill the black giant crab | 5,500 ![]() |
Extra Goal 7 | Score over 20,000,000 points | 50,000 ![]() |
Diet
The Big Daddy has a broader diet in Hungry Shark Evolution than the precedent sharks, being able to eat almost anything except Toxic Barrels, Volcanic Jets, and sharks larger than him.
- Human
- Barracuda
- Enemy Reef Shark
- Pufferfish
- Pelican
- Exotic Bird
- Crab
- Giant Crab
- Flying Fish
- Tuna
- Mini Sub
- Helicopter
- Small Cage
- Big Cage
- Anglerfish
- Stingray
- Evil Hammerhead Shark
- Lion fish
- Gulper fish
- Evil Great White Shark
- King of Summer
- Enemy Megalodon
- Enemy Big Daddy
- Blue Jellyfish
- Green Jellyfish
- Pink Jellyfish
- Small Fishing Boat
- Finning Boat
- Mine
- Mega Mine
- Ultra Mine
- Mini Sub Torpedo
- Elves
- Ice Mines
- Snowmen
- Bad Santa
- Penguin
- Evil Ice Sharks
- Pyro Sharks
Inspiration

Big Daddy is based off of a mutant version of the actual extinct fish Dunkleosteus. Dunkleosteus was not a shark but actually an armored fish. The game gave Big Daddy details the Dunkleosteus didn't have such as:
- The real-life Dunkleosteus would never have actually met the Megalodon because the Dunkleosteus lived In the Paleozoic Era (Devonian period) while the Megalodon Lived in the Cenozoic Era (Neogene period). Note that dinosaurs lived between both periods and died out in The Cretaceous-Paleogene Extinction Event.
- The Big Daddy's pharyngeal jaw is likely inspired by the Xenomorph from the Alien franchise, as there is no evidence that the Dunkleosteus had a pharyngeal jaw. He may also be inspired by a moray eel.
- This is highly positive, as Big Daddy is bigger than the Megalodon in absolute size especially how normal Dunkleosteus were scientifically just fish, with bulky skin of course.
- The game developers call him "A newly discovered prehistoric colossus", possibly claiming that Big Daddy is a new species of Dunkleosteus. This might explain the mutant tongue.
Trivia
- No real-life Dunkleosteus was ever as large as the in-game Big Daddy; the largest Dunkleosteus reached 4 meters, with a Megalodon being between 15 and 18 meters (or even 25 meters). Though older outdated estimates put them at the size of a Great White Shark.
- The only thing that appears in the removed Museum that the Big Daddy can't eat are Toxic Barrels.
- When originally released, Big Daddy was about the same size as the Megalodon but, as of update 2.8.0, the Big Daddy has been increased in size. At maximum size, this can prove to be a problem, because he will get stuck in tight spaces.
- This bug was fixed later, making the appearance much smaller.
- A "Little Daddy" can greatly help your Big Daddy, because it reduces the speed of the health drain.
- He does not have gills in his model.
- When he dies, his eye sockets disappear. This also occurs with Kraken.
- Since the Crab Lair may not be available in some devices (being closed), those that are not able to enter the Lair also entails incompletion of a mission that a Big Daddy requires (Crab Surprise), and consequently, the Super Mission.
- Due to this, the affected players might have a harder challenge to obtain the Missile Launcher (an item that can be obtained free through 75 missions).
- Since the Big Daddy is very large, he may not be able to pass through all paths, otherwise it may be difficult to get in and end up getting stuck - which may lead to death.
- Big Daddy is almost the same size as Moby Dick and Sharkjira.
- Big Daddy is possibly a mutant or a different species of Dunkleosteus. This probably explains his gigantic size.
- His eyes constantly change directions, and also look in different directions, this is something that chameleons and several other animals can do as well.
- Big Momma also has a pharyngeal jaw, however it is purely cosmetic.
- He is the most oversized creature in the game, being almost 4x bigger than a real Dunkleosteus.
- As interesting as the mental image of an armor-plated hyper-predatory fish is, it isn't realistic - Dunkleosteus had flesh on the outside of its impressive bones, just like any fish you'd see today.
- The little piece of bone in his eye sockets isn't the animal's eye. It's his sclerotic ring, a ring of bone found in non-mammalian vertebrates that holds the eye in place. The real eyes where actually located in the opening of the sclerotic ring. Also, the sclerosis rings wouldn't be visible under the skin.
- Big Daddy is named "alien" in the game files, despite being a placoderm fish, not an alien. Alan, who is an actual alien, is referred to by the name of "frilled shark" instead.
Gallery
Regular Sharks: |
Reef Shark · Mako Shark · Hammerhead Shark · Tiger Shark · Great White Shark · Megalodon · Big Daddy · Mr. Snappy · Alan, Destroyer of Worlds · Moby Dick · Leo · Nessie · Sharkjira · Abysshark · Kraken · Luminite · Behemoth · Sharknarok |
Special Sharks: |
Electro Shark · Ice Shark · Robo Shark · Pyro Shark · Natasha the Narwhal · Ghost Shark · Sharkeleon · Wereshark · Fin, Finn n Finny · Howrsea |
Evolved Sharks: |
DarkHammer · Shar-khan · Lord Snappy · Zamaharibu · Aaron, the Destruktor · Magmajira · Abyssaurus Rex · Behellmouth |