Titanoboa is known as the monster snake, and it was one of the most interesting beings to roam South America about 60 million years ago. This snake was similar to the anacondas of today in that it spent its time in water and some on land. Megalodon was the largest shark to ever live, and it lived until about 2.6 million years ago. Although these two creatures are separated by time, it’s interesting to wonder about what would happen if they met in the water. Let’s examine a hypothetical Titanoboa vs Megalodon match and see which of these terrifying creatures of the deep would win a battle!
Size
A megalodon is much larger than a Titanoboa, weighing 100,000lbs and growing 67 feet as opposed to the Titanoboa that only weighed 2,500lbs and grew 50ft. Although their lengths are similar, the sheer size and thickness of the megalodon make it a far larger being.
Megalodon has the advantage in size.
Speed and Movement
The Megalodon was faster than the Titanoboa in the water, but it would be a close race between the two. It’s believed that the megalodon could swim at 11 mph and the Titanoboa could swim at about 10 mph. However, it’s hard to say how fast creatures that large could swim, but these estimates favor the Megalodon.
The Megalodon has a very slight advantage against the Titanoboa.
Senses
The Megalodon was a hunting machine with amazing senses. For example, this creature had a very high sense of smell much like the modern-day great white shark. That means they can detect 1 part per billion chemicals in the water.
Their vision was great in the day and the night, and their hearing is so good that they can sense something splashing around in the water far above them. Lastly, they have a sixth sense in their ampullae of Lorenzini that allows them to detect electrical fields of prey. Nothing is sneaking up on them.
The Titanoboa had pit organs to help them identify heat coming off of other animals. Moreover, it could sense vibrations in its immediate area while also having a powerful sense of smell. Like modern snakes, they could flick their tongues out to taste the air or water and learn about their environment and the creatures in it.
Megalodon had far better senses than the Titanoboa, but the snake was still equipped to hunt.
Physical Defenses
Both the Titanoboa and the Megalodon used their large sizes to scare off predators. Of course, this worked best when the animals were fully grown. The Titanoboa could also rely on its ability to swim in the water and slither on land to get away from some predators while also blending into its environment.
Titanoboa had more physical defenses that the Megalodon, but they weren’t much better.
Combat Skills
Like modern sharks, the Megalodon would stalk its prey and then attack from underneath with a devastating ambush. With one bite, it could drive its 7-inch teeth into its foe, tearing massive amounts of flesh away and leaving the animal to bleed out. Their bite power was like nothing we know of today, and their jaws were as big as 9 feet in diameter. That’s about three times the diameter of the Titanoboa.
The Titanoboa was also an ambush predator. This animal would stalk its prey and then latch onto it with its teeth while wrapping its body around the foe. Once Titanoboa had wrapped around the animal several times, it would constrict and squeeze the prey to death, breaking bones and causing organ failure.
Who Would Win in a Fight Between a Titanoboa and a Megalodon?
Megalodon would win a fight against Titanoboa. The monster snake is a one-trick pony, and that trick isn’t any good against a massive shark. Even if it managed to wrap about the shark, it’s much too small to kill it.
Megalodon was about 9 feet across and weighed 100,000lbs. Wrapping and constricting that sort of creature would require a mythical snake, not just a very large one. Meanwhile, the Megalodon only has to land a few bites with its massive teeth to tear away enough flesh from the snake that it would die.
In fact, Megalodon might eat the whole thing being that it weighed roughly 40 times as much! Either way, the Megalodon is going to win this fight because it would most likely land the first significant attack out of the two creatures.
