Giant Animals That Are Extinct
7 Platybelodon The Elephant With Scythe-Like Teeth.
Giant animals that are extinct. From the onset of human evolution we have shared the planet with megafauna. Megafauna are simply big animals. 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.
Like a LOT larger. 5 Thankfully Extinct Giant Versions of Modern Animals. It was HUGE and it was the largest snake that has ever been discovered.
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. If Megalodon would have existed the sea travel for humans would not have been possible. Elephants are megafauna as are giraffes whales cows deer tigers and even humans.
Though megafauna loosely defined as large animals weighing from around 40 kilograms nearly 90 pounds to tons began to decline about three million years ago there was a marked extinction event in the late Quaternary from about 132000 years ago to modern. 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. Also a lot meaner hungrier and ripped-straight-from-our-nightmares-ier.
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. 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.
Its name means big tooth and we can imagine why. Another point of contention on the history of giant kangaroos is why they went extinct 40000 years ago. Skip to main content Live Science.