Why No Giant Mammals?
Hank gives a quick run-down of the reasons scientists think the land mammals of today are nowhere near the size of the largest sauropods. Some of them might surprise you! If you liked this...
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it's true that there are animals today notably the blue whale is the largestcreature ever to inhabit the earth that are biggerthen dinosaurs but, no creature that currently walkson land gets anywhere close to the size the Super Dino's.The largest recorded species of dinosaur probably is Amphicoelias Fragillimus,which measured up to 60 meters and weighed 122 metric tons!By comparison, the African savanna elephant, the largest modern land animalclocks in at just three to four meters tall and five and a half tonnes - both herbivores!So why aren't there land mammals today that are as big as the dinosaurs?Well, the fossil record gives us some clues as to when and how if not exactly whymammals hit their limit. After the last of the dinos disappeared aro...
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it's true that there are animals today notably the blue whale is the largestcreature ever to inhabit the earth that are biggerthen dinosaurs but, no creature that currently walkson land gets anywhere close to the size the Super Dino's.The largest recorded species of dinosaur probably is Amphicoelias Fragillimus,which measured up to 60 meters and weighed 122 metric tons!By comparison, the African savanna elephant, the largest modern land animalclocks in at just three to four meters tall and five and a half tonnes - both herbivores!So why aren't there land mammals today that are as big as the dinosaurs?Well, the fossil record gives us some clues as to when and how if not exactly whymammals hit their limit. After the last of the dinos disappeared aro...
