(image of megalania from moonlightinvestigation.blogspot.com)
Kal is 8 and loves to learn & share facts about animals. He dictates his posts for his mom & dad so that it's all written in his own voice. Mom & Dad do not do any fact-checking, but Kal seems to have an uncanny memory for all things animal-related. He hopes that one day his blog will be as famous as National Geographic.
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.
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australia,
pleistocene
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