Friday, January 6, 2012

Australia in the Pleistocene

The period: Pleistocene,  when our human ancestors were hunting. Meanwhile at Australia - well, today's marsupials are really small cute and cuddly, but at the Pleistocene the marsupials were super-sized. But in a land dominated by mammals, comes an enormous reptile that may be related to the Kimodo dragon - now, scientists are not sure if the poisonous drool is included. It's Megalania. But here's its prey: there's procoptodon, the super-sized kangaroo. Now I told you about the kangaroo of today - that they do those kickboxing matches. Well with procoptodon's even stronger legs, could you imagine how strong the kicking is? And procoptodon is so tall it's about as tall as a giraffe! And it's pretty much easy prey for Megalania - even though it does have those powerful kicks, this creature does not run very fast. And on the plus side, megalania has powerful scales, like armor. But probably one of the hardest lunches for megalania  would be the diprotodon. Yup, it's the super-sized wombat. And it's about the size of a rhinoceros - I know, it's surprising, but they find out by the skeletons. But I should say one of megalania's rivals: thylacoleo, or nickname: the marsupial lion. But this creature really isn't related to the cat - it's in the marsupial family. And here's another thing about the megalania: now, he may look bulky, but believe me, it's got lots of speed.

(image of megalania from moonlightinvestigation.blogspot.com)


(image of procoptodon from npacc.net)


(image of diprotodon from austrailianmuseum.net.au)

(image of thylacoleo from primeval-fanon.wikia.com)

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