Texas is the lone star state: home of rodeo, cattle ranches and bad-mouthing the government. I have to admit, though I was aware of Texas’ general shape, I had never considered whether it has a coastline. It does, of course. And it’s almost 600 kilometres long. What’s more, a recent discovery had led scientist to believe that a giant “supershark” once swam off this coast.
The shark is known as a Megladon (not “Megladong” – that’s something else altogether) and it’s been dead for a very long time. The creature would have lived around 300 million years ago – so the lay of the land would have been slightly different and today’s maps would’ve been useless. The creature became extinct around 2.6 million years ago but it could grow up to 60 feet (18 meters). This specific discovery is of a fossilised Megladon which was around 26 feet (eight metres) long.
