Giant Animals That Are Extinct
If Megalodon would have existed the sea travel for humans would not have been possible.
Giant animals that are extinct. 7 Platybelodon The Elephant With Scythe-Like Teeth. The Great Boa became extinct with the Dinosaurs. Like a LOT larger.
In our list of what is the most dangerous animal in. Unlike some of the other animals on this list whose closest living relatives are similar animals the closest living relative of the Procopodon goliah may not be a kangaroo but a wallaby that lives in Western Australia. Skip to main content Live Science.
The Würm glaciation when many giant ice age mammals such as woolly mammoths went extinct in the Americas and northern Eurasia. Its name means big tooth and we can imagine why. Most have gone extinct.
Réunion giant tortoise is the extinct species of giant tortoise belongs to the family Testudinidae. Larger than modern saltwater crocodiles and even great white sharks Plesiosuchus had flippers and a fish-like tail for swimming in the open ocean. The largest-known open-ocean crocodile was more than 20 feet 6 m long and had a head the size of T.
Just after the dinosaurs went extinct around 60 million years ago a massive snake called the Titanoboa took their place as the biggest. Megalodon went extinct due to diminishing food resources decrease in sea level and temperature. It was HUGE and it was the largest snake that has ever been discovered.
Also a lot meaner hungrier and ripped-straight-from-our-nightmares-ier. It was as long as 40 feet 12 meters and would probably weigh up to 2500 pounds 1134 kilograms. Most of the artwork depicting these giant swans shows them harassing and preying on the tiny elephants.