Extinct animals

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Slimebeast said:

OTBWY said:

Third: Elasmotherium. Look at that ridiculous giant horn. 



Extra: Paraceratherium. The largest land mammal that ever lived. This animal towered over elephants. It was actually part of the rhinoceros family.



There are so many cool extinct animals to talk about, like the megafauna of Australia (Andrewsarchus, Megalania). An interesting topic to talk about is why so much of the giant animals died out so fast.

The megafauna who lived until 10,000 years ago (like the mammof, sabre tooth tigre, cave bear, whoolly rhinocerous and so on), died because of humans hunt and eated them.

Not really the only reason. Climate change would have been the primary reason. But in cases like the sabretooth tigers, it is really still a mystery. Loss of habitat, loss of prey, disease. It could all have played a part.