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Megalodon tooth found at Egmont Key
This tooth was found at Egmont Key. Photo courtesy of the St. Petersburg Times.
A hunt for shells turned into a huge find at Egmont Key.
While walking along the beach Sunday, a 9-year-old boy found a fossil from a shark that would intimidate jaws.
As reported by our partners at the St. Petersburg Times, Grant Johnson found a 5-inch-long, 4 1/2-inch-wide shark tooth.
It belonged to a megalodon, an extinct relative of the great white shark.
Researchers said these teeth turn up often along the southwest coast of Florida.
Grant said his find will go in a display case at home.
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