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
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???
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.
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.
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.
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???
Makes sense, plants are subjected to evolution too.
And yeah, mooses are fairy tales monsters that should be used more in fantasy world building
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.
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.
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.
Damn the great plains were lit