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Jun

Biggest Beasts or Animals of All Time

Author: cute

Aside from the dinosaurs, were there other animals or beasts that were considered giants, in comparison to what they we have now? Yes there were. Based from fossils collected, there were beasts that existed that you probably haven’t heard about.

1. Fossils discovered in northeastern Colombia’s Cerrejon coal mine indicate the biggest snake ever was at least 42 feet (13 meters) long and weighed 2,500 pounds (1,135 kilograms).

Note: Illustration of Titanoboa cerrejonensis by Jason Bourque/ Released by Nature. Pictures of giant killer snakes are here.

2. The bad-tempered Beelzebufo, or “devil frog” was a “rather intimidating animal the size of a beach ball, 16 inches (41 centimeters) high and weighing about 10 pounds (4.5 kilograms).”

Note: Illustration by Luci Betti-Nash, courtesy Stony Brook University. See the fanged frog here.

3. Giant Kangaroos – The 1,000-pound (500-kilogram) prehistoric kangaroo — Palorchestes azael — was among a handful of Tasmanian megafauna species driven to extinction by human activity more than 40,000 years ago.

Note: Illustration by Peter Schouten; copyright Peter Schouten

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Tags: Beasts, Fossils, Frog

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