Currents · Science · 2026-08-21
11-year-old boy finds tooth of an enormous predator to ever swim Earth’s oceans on New Jersey beach; only five had been found before
An eleven-year-old boy made an astonishing discovery while exploring a New Jersey beach: a massive megalodon tooth. This remarkable fossil is notable for being the sixth such find along the New Jersey coastline. The tooth, dating back millions of years, was nestled among rocks near Townsend Inlet. E... An eleven-year-old boy made an astonishing discovery while exploring a New Jersey beach: a massive megalodon tooth. This remarkable fossil is notable
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