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a six year old fossil hunter, who was looking for shells on a suffolk beach, has found a tooth from one of the world s largest prehistoric sharks. sammy shelton was on holiday in bawdsey when he stumbled on the tooth. megalodons are thought to have gone extinct by roughly 3.5 million years ago. professor of evolutionary biology and megalodon expert, ben garrod, says only a handful are uncovered on uk shores each year, and very few fossil hunters get to cross it off their list. there s a part of me that s been looking for a megalodon tooth since i was six, so i haven t found one yet. i m very, very pleased that he s found one. but actually, it does showcase just how lovely it is for young people to be able to get into science and become enthused by the natural world around them. whether it s bird watching now, or looking for fossil teeth of the largest shark that ever lived, it s really lovely to see that kids are

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