A Fossil Hunter’s Lucky Find: Giant Shark Teeth Hidden in Australian Rock

Along Victoria’s Surf Coast in southern Australia, amateur fossil hunter Philip Mullaly was simply looking for traces of ancient life along the shoreline. Then a glint of sunlight caught something jutting from a rock, and he soon realized he had stumbled onto something remarkable. According to the video, the object was a tooth belonging to a massive creature that once roamed Australian waters millions of years ago. What kind of animal could have grown teeth this large, and how did a single chance find reveal so much about the ocean that existed before us? Press play to follow the story.

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