Whether Alive or Extinct, These Giant Creatures Will Make You Feel

Historically, the Earth has been dominated by creatures bigger than we imagined. Going through evolution, some creatures have become extinct but still many species still exist until nowadays.

Key Facts About Giant Creatures

The sambar tree (also known as sequoia) can be as high as 83.8m and has a diameter of 7.7m. If calculated by the volume of stems, they are the largest species that exists in the world to this day.

The herbivore Amphicoelia that lived 145-161 million years ago possessed enormous size. Their body length can reach 58m, a vertebra of this dinosaur is only 2.5m. They are the largest animals that ever existed on Earth.

"Giant Python" Titanoboa lived 58-61 million years ago. This is a close relative to the modern python, but they possess a much larger size. Titanoboa can be up to 13m long.

Jackfruit tree - a very popular tree species in Vietnam is the largest fruit possession in the world. A jackfruit can reach up to 90cm in length and 50cm in diameter.

Argentavis magnificens giant bird is one of the largest birds in Earth's history. Living 5-8 million years ago, this bird has a wingspan of nearly 7m.

Flowers of Rafflesia arnoldii are known for their extremely unpleasant smell of rotten flesh. They are the largest flower in the world, their flowers can be up to 100cm in diameter.

Why Giant Creatures Matters

The Irish elk, or giant deer possesses large antlers up to 5 meters wide, which is also the reason why they cannot move through the dense leaves in the forests and are completely destroyed. strains.

A sample Of Armillaria ostoyae , or a giant mushroom in the Malheur National Park in Oregon (USA), is over 2400 years old and has a surface area of up to 8.4km2 which is one of the largest living creatures gender. This is the only specimen of this mushroom, most of the mushroom stalks are hidden beneath the ground.

With a body size of up to 2.5m, Merostomes is the largest arthropod known. They lived around 248-510 million years ago.

The title of the largest living creature population of the earth belongs to the Great Barrier Reef, located in the Coral Sea. It extends for more than 2,300km spread over an area of approximately 344,400 km2.

If standing upright with hind legs, the giant, extinct, short-faced bear of these 14,000 years ago could reach a height of 4.5m. During the Ice Age, they were one of the largest carnivores that ever appeared on Earth.

Gigantopithecus gibbon, living 1 million years ago, was the largest gibbon ever recorded. Only a small part of these gibbon specimens survived, making it difficult to identify information about them. According to calculations by scientists, they can be as high as 4m, weigh 550kg and only eat leaves.

Quetzalcoatl With a wingspan of 12-15m is the largest flying animal and is also the largest flying lizard in Earth's history. Once lived 66-68 million years ago, the food of this largest flying lizard is scavenger and some small vertebrate animals.

Blue whale, the largest animal that ever appeared and is also the largest animal that Earth exists. They can be up to 33m long and weigh 150 tons.