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The "beast" of ancient times

The North American cave lion has a shoulder height of about 1.4 meters and a body length of more than 2.6 meters. The largest cat in history, the Ice Age (about two million years ago) lived on the North American continent.

The "beast" of ancient times

The pocket lion, the largest carnivorous mammal in Australian history, lived from the end of the Pliocene to the end of the Pleistocene, with a shoulder height of 75 cm and a length of 1.5 m.

The "beast" of ancient times

European cave lion and woolly rhinoceros, European cave lion, is the ancestor of the lion, the body is larger than the modern lion, the average body length of up to 2.7 meters, in the period of 300,000 to 100,000 years, the footprint of the cave lion throughout the northern and central Eurasian steppe and desert, semi-desert areas.

The "beast" of ancient times

Short-faced bear with saber-toothed cat. The short-faced bear is a huge predator that lived on the American continent 2 million years ago, and can reach a height of 4.2 meters when standing. The saber-toothed cat was about the size of a lion, had a long neck and relatively long front legs, and lived in North America and continental Europe in the late Pleistocene.

The "beast" of ancient times

The ancient monitor lizard, which disappeared about 40,000 years ago, may have been the first Australian Aboriginal people to live with it. The ancient monitor lizard is arguably the largest lizard that ever existed, with a total length of up to 7.9 meters.

The "beast" of ancient times

Ancient pig beasts, living in Eocene Asia, have a body length of more than 1 meter.

The "beast" of ancient times

The horrible bird is a large carnivorous bird, with a maximum height of up to 3 meters, hard leg bones, strong muscles, and can completely crush the bones of medium-sized prey. It lived in South America 62-2 million years ago.

The "beast" of ancient times

Saber-toothed tigers, referring to a variety of different species, are a side branch of the evolution of big cats, with a body length of 2-2.7 meters, living in the Miocene-Pleistocene period.

The "beast" of ancient times

Phobia pig, lived in North America 21 million years ago in the Early Miocene. It is huge, with a body length of more than 3 meters.

The "beast" of ancient times

The plesiosaur, originated in the Permian, 252 million years ago. Early reeds were generally no larger than a dog, and late reeds had an average skull length of 45 cm, an average size comparable to that of brown bears, and a small number of small rhinos reachable in large populations. Shaped like a wolf, it was the first animal with canine teeth, which was an important breakthrough in the history of biological evolution.

The "beast" of ancient times

The canine-jawed beast, 1 meter long, lived 320 million years ago, looked a bit like a dog, was a reptile very close to mammals, and was a ferocious beast living in Africa.

The "beast" of ancient times