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Facinating!! Biggest Creatures on Earth

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By Immaculate wangari Published about a year ago 3 min read
Facinating!! Biggest Creatures on Earth
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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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