6. A real life King Kong

Gigantopithecus was a 10 feet tall and 1,000 pound gorilla and lived in China. It became extinct about more than 100,000 years ago and scientists believe it was because of their huge appetite.

We can’t blame them, sometimes we feel like starvation gets to us when we haven’t eaten anything in the past 2 hours.

7. Is that a beaver or a black bear?

Even though nowadays there are only two kinds of beavers, back in the prehistoric times they came in several shapes and sizes.

There was a species called Castoroides which scientists often joke that were ”beavers on steroids”. They were so big they could’ve been  easily confused with a bear.

8. Camels were 12 feet tall

Camels are very sweet animals and they are indeed very tall, but 100,000 years ago they used to be even taller, 12 feet to be exact. Almost the size of an elephant. They ruled!

Takeaway

These creatures were the ancient proof that there are still so many things surrounding the animal kingdom that we still need to learn more about.

With these facts we can’t help but wonder: What else do we need to uncover and how different really were things millions of years ago.

I guess we still have a long way to go in order to have a clear picture when it comes to Earth’s history and the creatures that lived on it.