Giant Animals That Are Extinct
5 Thankfully Extinct Giant Versions of Modern Animals.
Giant animals that are extinct. 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. So in case youve been sleeping well these past few months heres a brand-new set of. The Great Boa became extinct with the Dinosaurs.
Megalodon went extinct due to diminishing food resources decrease in sea level and temperature. If Megalodon would have existed the sea travel for humans would not have been possible. It was HUGE and it was the largest snake that has ever been discovered.
Like a LOT larger. 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. 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.
It was as long as 40 feet 12 meters and would probably weigh up to 2500 pounds 1134 kilograms. The count of the species was good in the 17th and early 18th centuries however they were killed by the European sailors and finally became extinct in the 1840s. Skip to main content Live Science.
The Titanoboa lived about 60 million years ago and actually survived the extinction event that killed all the dinosaurs effectively curling up its tail and smacking natural selection directly in the testicles staving off death for several more millennia. Another point of contention on the history of giant kangaroos is why they went extinct 40000 years ago. Extinct giants such as the American cheetah and ground sloth lived in North America until they mysteriously died out about 10000 years ago.
In fact though this was the largest ape of all time about twice the size of a modern gorilla and presumably much more aggressive. Its name means big tooth and we can imagine why. Larger than modern saltwater crocodiles and even great white sharks Plesiosuchus had flippers and a fish-like tail for swimming in the open ocean.