Facinating!! Biggest Creatures on Earth
Biggest creatures
Some of the most impressive creatures to have ever lived on our planet were the Argentinosaurus.
Scientists think this genus of sauropod dinosaurs was one of the largest land animals to have ever
existed, measuring up to 100 feet long and weighing 100 tons. In 1987, a farmer found a giant leg bone
while tending his cattle. This discovery led to the discovery of more fossils, revealing a massive dinosaur
that would have dwarfed most other animals of its time.
The spinosaurus meaning spine lizard is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived around 112 97 million
years ago in what is now North Africa. It is believed to be one of the largest carnivorous dinosaurs to
ever exist, with a length up to 60 feet and a weight of up to 23 tons. The spinosaurus is known for its
distinctive elongated sail-like structure on its back – likely used for thermoregulation – as well as long
crocodile-like Jaws that were lined with sharp teeth. This allowed the creature to catch and eat large
prey such as fish, crocodiles, and other dinosaurs. The first fossils of the spinosaurus were discovered in
Egypt in 1912.
A sperm whale Is the largest tooth predator on Earth and has the largest brain of any species. They can
be found all over the world in oceans, and can dive to depths of up to seven thousand feet in search of
food. You can easily recognize sperm whales by their enormous heads, which can measure one-third of
their body length.They have dark brown or grayish blue skin, and a distinctive snake genus called
Titanoboa. It was once considered the largest known snake, with a length that could grow up to 42 feet
and a weight of around 2 500 pounds.
The first fossils of Titanoboa were discovered in a coal mine in Colombia in 2004. This discovery was
significant because it provided insights into the snake’s size and behavior during the Paleocene era as
well as the overall climate and ecosystem of the time. Blue whales have a long streamlined body that is
usually blue gray in color with mottled patterns. They have a small dorsal fin and two pectoral fins that
are about one-third the length of their body. Blue whales feed on tiny shrimp-like creatures called Krill.
They can eat up to eight thousand pounds of krill in a day. The lead sick thus was an extinct genus of
large bony fish that lived during the Jurassic period approximately 165 155 million years ago. It is
believed to be one of the largest fish that have ever lived, some estimates suggesting that it could grow
up to 50. 55 feet in length. The first fossils of lead sickness were discovered in England in the 19th
century, and more recent discoveries have been made in other parts of Europe, South America, and
Africa despite its enormous size. The lead sickness was a filter feeder similar to modern day whale
sharks and likely fed on Plankton and other small organisms by simply swimming with its enormous
mouth open filtering water through its gills.
Extinct species of flamingo-like birds that lived approximately 70 35 million years ago, they were
relatively small birds with a wingspan of about two three feet and they were known for their distinctive
long narrow beaks equipped with comb-like structures used for filter feeding. Pterodastrolived in
Shallow bodies of water like lakes and lagoons and mostly fed on small Crustaceans and other tiny
organisms, the animal filtering them from the water using the comb-like structures on the inside of its
beak while swimming through the water. Loxadanta Africanaand Loxodonticyclotis you can see them in
various parts of sub-Saharan Africa these creatures can be identified by their large size gray skin and
long trunks, African elephants can grow up to thirteen feet tall and weigh up to seven thousand
fourteen thousand pounds depending on the species and gender.
So there you have it, the giants of our ancient past. Each one a testament to the awe-inspiring diversity
and size that once graced our planet.
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