3 Prehistoric Animals That Dwarf Their Modern-Day Counterparts

Understandably the old and young around the world are fascinated with dinosaurs but there are plenty of other animals that existed after the dinosaurs that deserve more attention. Today we have lost the majority of our megafauna and it really is a shame that we have lost these giant beasts. In this video i will be going through just a few giant prehistoric beasts and i will be comparing them to their modern day counterparts. We will be travelling around the world both on land and in the sea as i will be going through 3 prehistoric beasts that dwarf their modern day counterparts.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:01 Diprotodon - Wombat
3:20 Xiphactinus - Tarpon
6:04 Megacerops - White Rhino

Attributions

Megafauna images:
RobinGoodfellow_(m)
www.flickr.com/photos/130140542@N03/
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 DEED

Cave art images:
Claude Valette
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Claude_Valette
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

Diprotodon images:
Ghedoghedo
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ghedoghedo
CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED

Quinkana image:
Carolina Butcher
www.deviantart.com/johnson-mortimer/art/Carolina-B…
CC 3.0 License

Wombat images:
JJ Harrison
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_wombat#/media/File:Vo…
CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED
Jason Pratt
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_hairy-nosed_wombat#…
CC BY 2.0 DEED

Xiphactinus images:
Chip Clark, Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History
qrius.si.edu/browse/object/10022846#.WL-mDX-ZPy1
Public Domain
David Wipf
www.flickr.com/photos/dwipf/51810506791/
CC BY 2.0 DEED
Creator: Dmitry Bogdanov
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Creator:Dmitry_Bogdanov
CC BY 3.0 DEED
Johnson-Mortimer
www.deviantart.com/johnson-mortimer/gallery
CC BY 3.0 DEED
Julian Johnson
www.flickr.com/photos/creatures_2011/5885914993/
CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED

Acient shark images:
Creator:Dmitry Bogdanov
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squalicorax#/media/File:Squa…
CC BY 3.0 DEED
Damouraptor
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretoxyrhina#/media/File:Cre…
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

Tarpon images:
Kris-Mikael Krister
www.flickr.com/photos/148835878@N08/
CC BY 2.0 DEED

Megacerops images:
Creator:Dmitry Bogdanov
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Creator:Dmitry_Bogdanov
CC BY 3.0 DEED
paleoalberca
www.deviantart.com/paleoalberca/art/Megacerops-959…
CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 DEED
James St. John
www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/
CC BY 2.0 DEED

Rhino images:
Blake Matheson
www.flickr.com/photos/34328261@N02/
CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED
Bernard DUPONT
www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/
CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED

I have edited and adapted some of these clips and images.
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Thanks for watching i hope you enjoyed :)