Known as the living fossil, the coelacanth was thought to be extinct for many thousands of years. Then amazingly, one appeared alive. The ancestors of this fish date to the dinosaur era several million years ago and it was thought that all that we would ever see of it were fossils, which appeared many years
Contrary to popular myth, sea dragons are not a species of sea horse. They are found only in Australian waters and although they belong to the same family as sea horses they are a distinct species. They do not have a pouch for their babies, and the male sea dragon carries them instead on is
Tropical rays, which are in some circles thought to be related to sharks, Sawfish are found in rivers, lacks and places here saltwater will be mixed with fresh water in Australia. Sawfish have a very flat body, with a long flat snout that has given them the nick name, sharks with swords. Sawfish Sawfish have
The tiger shark, which is a night hunter has a reputation for eating anything in its path, little caring if it is nutritional or not. Tiger sharks are known to be very aggressive. They have an ability to pick up pressure waves that help him to move toward an animal in even the darkest sater.
The great barracuda is a fierce looking predator that lives and hunts primarily alone. He is a curious fish, and is very common to the shallow waters in Florida. He is very distinct in his shape and body due to the elongated torpedo-like torso and very large mouth. He has extremely long and sharp teeth
The Irish Elk was the largest deer that ever lived. Its home was Eurasia, from Ireland into the lakes at Baikal, and it lived during the Pleistocen area. The last of the giant deer died out about 7 thousand years ago. Irish Elk The Irish Elk was not strictly Irish in nature, and lived in
The Velociraptor was a very fast moving biped dinosaur. It was a meat eater, who could, according to scientists, outrun anything it came near. The Velociraptor had over eighty very thin and sharp curved teeth, which were well over an inch long. Velociraptor Its neck was shaped like an s, curved forward and the arms
Allosaurus was a large carnivorous biped of the dinosaur era, which had a very large head, which was balanced only by his very long, very heavy tail. In what is now the United States, Allosaurus was the largest common predator dinosaur. It lived about 100 million years ago, in the Jurassic period of Earth, sharing
Ages ago in the spring time of the earth species that were unlike anything we know today wandered across the countries and owned everything they saw. Triceratops was one of those species. It lived in what is now Canada, Mexico and the United States. Triceratops Triceratops was an herbivore, which means that it liked plants
At the end of the last ice age, two different types of cats were living in the Midwest areas of the United States. The first was the old favorite, saber tooth tiger, whose real name was Smilodon. He had extremely large canine teeth which you usually think about with the sabertooth. Saber Tooth His canine
Megalodon was a dino shark. That is to say that Megalodon was an ancient shark who lived many thousands of years ago. Scientists can’t seem to agree on its size but it was determined that it would have been between 40 feet and 100 feet long, possibly even more. The smallest size they estimate it
At thirty feet long and fourteen feet tall the Stegosaurus is one of the most easily recognizable dinosaurs, particularly today, after the plethora of dino pictures. The Stegosaurus had a very unique row of plate, or ridges that rose from his back in two separate rows, and long spikes at the end of his tail.
The Giant Short Faced Bear is believed to be the largest bear that ever existed. It would have toad about 5 feet tall at the shoulder and been the proud possessor of the strongest most powerful jaws that had ever been seen. Giant Short Faced Bear Frightening to say the very least. IT would be
Dwarf elephants were prehistoric elephants, which lives in the Pleistocene period of history. They were members of a family of animals which had evolved to about a tenth of the size of elephants today they lived in many areas of the world including what are now called the Channel Islands of California. They are considered
Quetzalcoatlus (named for the Aztec feathered serpent god Quetzalcoatl) was a pterodactyloid pterosaur known from the Late Cretaceous of North America (Campanian–Maastrichtian stages, 84–65 ma), and one of the largest known flying animals of all time. It was a member of the Azhdarchidae, a group of advanced toothless pterosaurs.Discovery and species The first Quetzalcoatlus fossil
