Giant Animals That Are Extinct
Its name means big tooth and we can imagine why.
Giant animals that are extinct. Réunion giant tortoise is the extinct species of giant tortoise belongs to the family Testudinidae. In our list of what is the most dangerous animal in. So in case youve been sleeping well these past few months heres a brand-new set of.
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. 5 Thankfully Extinct Giant Versions of Modern Animals. Megafauna can be found on every continent and in every country.
Elephants are megafauna as are giraffes whales cows deer tigers and even humans. Although we couldnt find any proof that the giant swans actually preyed on the elephants we love the mental image so much that we choose to believe that it really happened. The Great Boa became extinct with the Dinosaurs.
Thanks to its incredible size of up to 18 meters 59 feet it is considered one of the largest and most powerful predators that have ever existed on Earth. Some freshwater megafauna have already been declared extinct such as the Yangtze dolphin and many more are now on the brink from the Mekong giant catfish and stingray to Indias gharial. It was native to the Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean.
Another point of contention on the history of giant kangaroos is why they went extinct 40000 years ago. Some cryptozoologists believe that the creatures we variously call Bigfoot Sasquatch and Yeti are still-extant Gigantopithecus adults a theory for which they have adduced not a shred of credible evidence. Various theories have attributed the wave of extinctions to human hunting climate change disease a putative extraterrestrial impact or other causes.
Extinct giants such as the American cheetah and ground sloth lived in North America until they mysteriously died out about 10000 years ago. Megafauna are simply big animals. Skip to main content Live Science.