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People forget there were mammals compare to or were bigger elephants in our recent past. The giant ground sloth - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megatherium htt
by swagasaurus-rex 5y ago
People forget there were mammals compare to or were bigger elephants in our recent past.
The giant ground sloth - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megatherium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megatherium
Mastodons - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon
Wandering Albatross - https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/antarctica-yields-fossils-of-giant-birds-with-21-foot-wingspans/article61713262.ece https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/ant...
Giant armadillos - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyptodon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyptodon
They aren't around because humans hunted them out. Except the albatross, those died out long ago.
- lapetitejort 5y agoSimilarly, people may not realize that the largest animal to have ever lived is alive right now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_whale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_whale
- Flatcircle 5y agoThe examples you listed, the giant Sloth, the Mastodon, and the giant Armadillo are all actually smaller than a modern elephant so you're not really making your point with those links. The giant sauropods are thought to have been 10 times heavier than an Elephant. Ten times heavier! That's enormous. And the wandering albatross you linked to is said to have existed 50 million years ago in the article.