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Conversations: But How Many Bears Is It? Sharks, Whales, and Sea Monsters in Greek Mythology w/ Ryan Denson

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean

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Shark Teeth - Is That a Whale's Jaw?

"It would have never occurred to the ancients that whales just subsist on, like, plank on," he says. "I don't know if those survive because they are so small and brittle." The whale in his high school definitely didn't have anything that looked like teeth,. Like, it was just a jaw. But shark teeth really are everywhere, because that is the only thing. So you have that other aspect of, not only are these things popping up at their popping up from an unknown element, essentially, yes, it would just be so ominous", writes Yeardley.

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