But, as The Meg and a lot of the geniuses in that comments section point out, haven't we explored only a tiny percentage of the ocean? Isn't it possible that some whale of a shark is just chilling in the unknown depths? Nope, that has been conclusively ruled out by researchers who determined that megalodons likely lived in "waters no more than (656 feet) deep, in and around coastal areas." And if it somehow did survive in deeper waters, it would have shrunk down over time to adapt to the smaller selection of food available down there, not gotten bigger.Â
The researchers even determined the date of their extinction: 2.6 million years ago. Which means The Meg can still be accurate if they simply add a title screen saying "2.6 million years ago ..." at the start and some casual dialogue about how Jason Statham and the others are all, say, mastodons.Â