Not just any shark tooth either, but it’s believed to have been from a megalodon, the breed that went extinct some 2.5 million years ago.
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The family took their discovery over to the nearby Cape May Whale Watch and Research Centre which described it as a ‘mega rare’ and ‘once in a lifetime beach find’ as it shared an image of the whopper tooth to Facebook.
Now that’s a whopper. (Cape May Whale Watch and Research Center/Facebook)
Now that’s a whopper. (Cape May Whale Watch and Research Center/Facebook)
Mike told WGAL8 that when he’d pulled a shell out of one of the rocks on the beach, there had been a hole in it.
“I looked down and I was just astonished, but I couldn’t fit my hand in there,” So of course I’m screaming like a crazy man over there for my son Bo to come running over because of his small hand. And what did you see?”
He held up the tooth to the outlet, impressive due to how well it appears to have stayed intact.
A fossil expert at the Cape May Whale Watch and Research Centre confirmed their find as a tooth belonging to the notorious megalodon shark.
The young lad added: “I was just really excited at first. I was scared to put my hand down to, like, see it.”
And unsurprisingly, Bo plans to keep the tooth – you know what, fair enough, it’s pretty cool.
(Getty Stock Images)
(Getty Stock Images)
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