We all know that dinosaurs appeared on Earth about 235 million years ago. For tens of millions of years, these giant creatures have been the real overlords of the planet. In those days, the size of the various animals and plants on the earth was unbelievably large, and the size of human beings today is really far from that of the animals and plants of that time. So the exploration of ancient Earths has been breaking through our imaginations of the distant past.
Here are ten amazing large animals that have ever lived on Earth, most of them extinct, but a few species still live on Earth, and some species are said to be hidden in some hidden corner of the earth, becoming the protagonists of various adventure movies.
1. Titan Python
This is the ancestor of the pythons that now live on Earth. This giant snake lived about 60 million years ago and could grow up to 13 meters long. A modern snake like a python can only reach half its size at best.
2. Syrian camel
This giant desert camel lived in Syria about 100,000 years ago. The remains of this animal were first discovered in 2005, and according to archaeological studies, the creature could easily reach a height of 4 meters, which is almost the height of a small giraffe.
This creature lived in the same era as the ancient ancestors of humans, and early human tribes liked the meat of this camel, so a large number of hunting led to the extinction of this species.
3. Segmented pectoral centipede
Giant centipedes and helicopter-sized dragonflies are by no means unique in monster hunter games and horror movies. These creatures existed on Earth long before the dinosaurs and lived in the late Carboniferous period, between 340 million and 280 million years ago. The arthropod centipede is the largest species of terrestrial invertebrates and lives in what is now Europe and North America. Its body length can reach 2.5 meters, and it has 30 pairs of legs. They have only a few natural enemies on land.
4. Megalodon
The megalodon is a 22-meter-long creature whose jaw is so large that it can swallow a standing person. Megalodon sharks lived between 25 million and 1.5 million years ago, according to ichthyologists, and some say they may still be lurking in the deepest oceans.
5. Great apes
Great apes lived a million years ago. It is a 4-meter-tall primate that weighs more than 500 kilograms and loves to eat bamboo.
6. Spinosaurus
Spinosaurus was the largest of all known terrestrial carnivores, and other large carnivores comparable to Spinosaurus included theropod dinosaurs, such as Tyrannosaurus rex. It is between 12.6 and 18 meters in length and weighs between 7 and 21 tons.
It is a highly semi-aquatic species and lives on land and in the water like a modern crocodile, and can swim like a fish, swimming at speeds of up to 50 km. Its recipes are varied, including fish, crocodiles, lizards, turtles, pterosaurs, and plesiosaurs.
7. Thunder Dragon
The largest terrestrial creature of the late Jurassic period, living in North America. These docile herbivores are capable of growing up to 23 meters and weighing up to 32 tons. These behemoths can stand on their hind legs to eat the leaves on the plant. They also use their whip-like tails against predators.
8. Giant veined dragonfly
They were an extinct insect of the Carboniferous Period 300 million years ago, close in appearance to today's dragonflies, and the two are related, making them one of the largest known flying insect species. Dragonflies are predatory and feed mainly on other insects. Due to the increase in oxygen content in the atmosphere, they dominate the land and sky. The wingspan of the giant giant veined dragonfly can reach 80 cm.
9. Giant water scorpion
Giant water scorpions lived 400 million years ago and can reach up to two meters in length. Some biological experts say that this long-extinct creature is the ancestor of today's land scorpion.
10. Blue Whale
The blue whale is the largest animal in existence and probably the largest animal ever created on Earth. It reaches a length of 33 meters and can weigh more than 150 tons. Newborn baby whales are 6-8 meters long and require about 90 litres of milk per day. Humans have been killing these majestic creatures for centuries, so the number of blue whales is also decreasing year by year, and it has reached the brink of extinction.