Damn you extinctions

    • RNAi [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      What makes it weirder is probably that you know the animal to have one size, so basically the same animal but larger or smaller is what freaks you. Check out prehistoric miniature horses: https://www.britannica.com/animal/dawn-horse

      Or the giant monster ostrich that ate them. Or the VW-Beetle-car-sized armadillos that roamed near them.. All of them not so far from the giant sloths you mentioned.

      • Sushi_Desires
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        4 years ago

        Moose had this effect on me like last year when I saw a video of an actual Canadian moose next to a highway. I always thought they were the size of large deer.

        Seeing some of this prehistoric megafauna shit like a snake that could flick its tail and cut your house in half EZ mode would be terrifying beyond comprehension. Also I read an article that said that grass as we know it did not exist back then???

        • RNAi [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Makes sense, plants are subjected to evolution too.

          And yeah, mooses are fairy tales monsters that should be used more in fantasy world building

      • sailorfish [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        It's definitely partially that and partially that I'd hate to be walking to the shops while keeping an eye on the sky in case one of those carnivorous birds with a 6m wingspan is in the neighborhood. It makes zero sense logically but there you go. I wouldn't wanna fight a giant sloth.

        • RNAi [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          I don't know if they were dangeorus as a bear but worse or, you know, just a giant sloth you can avoid and it will be happy to not interact with you either.

      • MagisterSinister [he/him,comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        The giant sloths where also eaten by the largest crocodile in OP's picture, there's bones of them that have bite marks clearly fitting Purussaurus.

        • RNAi [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Damn the great plains were lit