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BLASTS FROM THE PAST

What’s with this scene of rampage and riot? These
skin-slashing, bone-crushing prehistoric animals are
among the biggest and most dangerous creatures
that have ever lived on Earth… Run for your life!

Giganotosaurus 3

The world’s largest predatory dinosaur,
this monster was an impressive 45 ft
(13.7 m) long from head to tail, but had
a brain the size of a banana. It lived
100–95 million years ago and killed its
prey (smaller dinosaurs) by slashing their
flesh with its long daggerlike teeth.

Saber-toothed tiger 3

This snarling cat is a comparative
child—it died out at the end of
the last ice age, about 11,000 years ago.
With its powerful jaw and
long, curved upper canine
2 Giant sea scorpion
teeth, it was a deadly
killing machine that
The biggest bug of history lived on
ambushed its
Earth 400 million years ago and
unsuspecting prey.
was an amazing 8.2 ft (2.5 m)
long—the size of a large crocodile.
Not something you’d want to
meet on an afternoon stroll.

1 Titanoboa
Frightened of snakes? You soon will
be if this giant boa constrictor is after
you. Measuring 40–50 ft (12–15 m),
this hissing reptile was twice as long
as the anaconda—the longest snake in
the world today—and lived in
the South American rainforests
about 60 million years ago.

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