Megalodon

“	The size of a house and razor sharp teeth... The most ferocious predator ever to exist is back!	”
	— In-game description.

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Megalodon
Tier	6
Criteria	100% growth with Great White Shark
Cost	50,000 or 275 (Previously 900 )
Specifications
Max depth	300m (Previously No Limit)
Max size	14.5m (Previously 25m)
Max health	225 (Previously 300)
Can eat	Green Jellyfish, Pink Jellyfish, Normal/Small Mines, Large/Mega Mines, Small Fishing Boat, Large Finning Boat
Pets	Baby Mega
Gold Rush multiplier	64X
Other
Species	Megalodon
Preceded by	Great White Shark
Succeeded by	Big Daddy DarkHammer (evolution)

Megalodon is the 6th standard shark to be unlocked in Hungry Shark Evolution. Of colossal proportions, the Megalodon is the largest legitimate shark in the Hungry Shark series. She has a large scar running down the right side of her snout down to her gills.

Appearance

The Megalodon has a slate gray back and a lighter underbelly. She also has a visible scar on the right side of her face. Her body shape is virtually identical to that of the Great White.

Abilities

The Megalodon is very agile for her size and also eat Paragliders with ease without having to boost out of the water (as long as it's timed correctly). She can just lift her head out of the water, in which this would be enough to reach the paraglider. Along with the sharks that are unlocked after her, Megalodon can eat the King of Summer and Jetskiers without needing to jump on their backs. This shark can eat every single living creature in the game that is not an enemy shark, and even Mines, Mega Mines, Small Fishing Boats, and Shark Finning Boats. When fully leveled up, she is also extremely agile, being able to quickly ski across the lands and seamlessly wipe beaches clean of human life.

However, this monstrous creature has a few flaws. Her giant body makes it difficult for the shark to travel across tunnels, and also renders her an easy target for various other smaller aggressive creatures such as Seals, small Enemy Sharks and Divers. Although she can devour huge amounts of meat at a very quick pace, her health drains equally fast. She needs 125000 points to trigger Gold Rush.

The Megalodon is great for earning gems, as she is able jump high in the air, eating Paragliders, Helicopters and Harpoon Boat men with ease (which sometimes yield gems). Megalodon can also bite Fishing Boats and Shark Finning Boats in half, which sometimes yields gems as well. One of her weaknessess is she can get stuck easily, and she cannot eat Mini Sub's torpedoes. Megalodon can move on land easily, but her health will deplete rather quickly.

Goals

Name	Objective	Reward
Crowd Surfer	Eat 100 Beach Bystanders	2,500
Jelly Junky	Eat 200 jellyfish	3,500
Mine Eater	Eat 100 mines	3,000
Paraglider Punish	Eat 5 Paragliders	2,750
Harpoon Boat Bite	Eat 2 Harpoon Boat Men	2,750
Flying Feast	Eat 200 flying fish	2,750
Boat Breaker	Sink 10 Fishing Boats	2,500
8 Sunken Objects	Find 8 sunken objects	3,750
Extra Goal 6	Score over 2,500,000 points	20,000

Diet

The Megalodon has one of the biggest diets in Hungry Shark Evolution, as she can eat everything with the exception of: Toxic Barrels, Enemy Big Daddies and above, Volcanic Jets, and Ultra/Death Mines and Pyro Sharks.

• Enemy Electro Sharks
• Tropical fish
• Pufferfish
• Pelican
• Exotic Bird
• Crab
• Giant Crab
• Flying Fish
• Shark Finning Boat
• Tuna
• Mini Sub
• Helicopter
• Diving cages
• Angler fish
• Stingray
• Evil Hammerhead Shark
• Lionfish
• Gulper Fish
• King of Summer
• Enemy Megalodon
• Blue Jellyfish
• Green Jellyfish
• Pink Jellyfish
• Small Fishing Boat
• Mine
• Mega Mine
• Elves
• Ice Mines
• Snowman
• Enemy Ice Sharks

Pros and Cons

Pros:

• Unbelievable bite power
• Large health capacity
• Fast movement speed
• Large boost capacity
• Massive diet
• Can perform special actions on enemies (e.g. destroying whole boats)
• Can consume lots of creatures in a single bite
• Can move on land just as fast as through water
• Long bite range

Cons:

• Rapidly ramping up health drain (without Baby Megalodon)
• Hard missions and low mission rewards
• Costs a lot to unlock and upgrade
• Slow to trigger Gold Rush
• Colossal size makes her get hit easily, get stuck in some areas, and be prone to Ultra Mines and Mini Sub's torpedoes

Inspiration

The Megalodon is based off of the actual extinct shark Otodus megalodon. Megalodon used to be considered to be a close relative of the Great White Shark, hence why most depict it as a giant version of the Great White (even in-game), but it was later placed in Otodontidae within the genus Otodus.

Trivia

• The Megalodon's official name is Megan.
  • The name of the Ancient Megalodon from Hungry Shark World is also Megan. It is unknown if this is coincidental or not.
• There is a full version of the theme that plays in Megalodon's official trailer. See the gallery to listen to it.
• Megalodon is not immune to Ultra Mines and Mini Sub's torpedoes. However, Lava Baby and Alien Baby can protect your sharks.
  • Lava Baby will protect Megalodon from Ultra Mines, Volcanic Jets, and Mini Sub's torpedoes, while Alien Baby will protect Megalodon from projectiles (Biplanes, spearguns) and Mini Sub's torpedoes as well.
• Her health drains extremely fast on land. As is with sharks above her, health drain rapidly increases as time passes.
  • This is possibly a reference to the real reason for the Megalodon's extinction. There wasn't enough food to feed all of them due to competition from great white sharks and cetaceans. Eventually, they grew so big that they starved to death.
• In a previous version of the game, when purchased, the Megalodon had all of her stats maxed out. This is no longer available.
• The Robo Shark and the Megalodon are the only sharks who can get a x64 multiplier during a gold rush. Stronger sharks can get bigger multipliers than the two, and these sharks are Big Daddy (Dunkleosteus) (x80 multiplier), Mr. Snappy (Mosasaurus) (x96 multiplier), Alan, Destroyer of Worlds (x112 multiplier), Moby Dick, Leo (Liopleurodon), Nessie, Sharkjira and above (x120 multiplier).
• Megalodon was once considered the most powerful shark in the game, but many people argued that the Robo Shark was more powerful. Both have since been surpassed by Big Daddy and above.
• She has a crack-like scar on her snout, and her gills are oversized. This is either due to being resurrected with 'Twisted Science' (according to Hungry Shark's Facebook page and her trailer, this is the canon explanation), or she fought a lot in his previous life.
• In earlier versions, she was much larger than real Megalodons. early estimations put the Megalodon at almost 30m, but more recent studies agree that Megalodons were actually between 15 and 20m. Post-Kraken update Megalodon is measured to be a more reasonable 14.5 meters.
• It is possible, if difficult, to find an Enemy Megalodon that is bigger than the maximum length the playable one is, though it is possible and also occurs with penguins and some of the smaller enemy sharks.
• Megalodon (while not the largest creature in the game) is technically the largest, fastest, toughest and strongest standard actual shark in the game (as Big Daddy, Mr. Snappy, Moby Dick, Leo, Nessie and others are technically not sharks and are just other marine creatures, while the rest of the sharks above it are fictional creatures).
• Megalodon means 'Big Tooth' and its scientific name is Otodus Megalodon.
• Her model is completely identical to that of the Great White Shark, besides being larger in size.
  • Despite this, Megalodons in real life did not have bodies similar to the Great White, as some researchers believe that Megalodons have thinner and elongated bodies as compared to the Great White’s stocky build. However, this is a very recent hypothesis made roughly a decade after the Megalodon was added to Hungry Shark Evolution.
    • They also were not related to the Great White, which may in fact have played a role in their extinction.
  • However, the Megalodon's body in Hungry Shark World is indeed more elongated as compared to the Great White in the same game,
• Formerly, her Eats section contained Pink and Green Jellyfish, but they no longer appear in it. She can still eat them however.

Gallery

Trailer

Hungry Shark Evolution - The Megalodon

The Megalodon's official trailer

Gallery

Card

Stats

Side profile of the Megalodon

Baby Mega

Big Daddy's promotional image, that compares him to the much smaller Megalodon

Ditto

One of Megalodon's promotional images

Megalodon with the Crab Fork, courtesy of DeathDaddy54.

Another promotional image for the Megalodon, showing her eating a entire Small Fishing Boat.

Megalodon in the Arctic Map

The Sharkinator

Hero Shark B skin in the Megalodon equip section

Darkalodon skin in the Megalodon equip section

Megalodon (no background)

BOOM BANG-A-BANG!

Enemy Megalodon

Eating a Megalodon in Gold Rush

Bri'ish Megalodon

Megalodon's unused icon