Share some animals you're actually glad are extinct!

#1

Every insect and spider that's as big as a house cat or above that size, hell even rabbit sized ones would be too much.

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#2

Velociraptors. Imagine encountering one of those critters when you're on a hike!

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Luis Hernandez Dauajare
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Those were the size of a turkey. Problem was they were pack animals, apparently.

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#3

Terror birds. As big or bigger than a moa, equipped like velociraptors and with a nasty temperament. Think cassowaries but way bigger.

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Luke Branwen
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2 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would LOVE to see a giant murderbirb, though... 👀 Secretary birds are already amazing, and something 10x their size...

#4

Dinosaurs, because we would be extinct if they were alive.

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#8

Several ones:
-The Dunkleosteus, an armored carnivorous fish of the late Devonian period, the size of a bus. Then the short-faced giant bear. A 900 kilograms, 3.4 meters tall carnivore that lived in North America during the Pliostecene that would make a grizzly look like a cub, and finally the titanoboa, a 13 meters long, over a ton in weight snake.
And on the creepy factor, the Arthropleura, a giant, 2 meters long centipede from the Cambrian period. Imagine one of those brushing against your leg.

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#9

Tyrannosaurus Rex. That may seem an obvious answer, but, think about it! T's are closely related to Godzilla, and we all know what a pain in the neck he was.

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#10

Pterodactyls. Think about it. You're just casually walking along... And BAM. Swooped up by a flying, meat-hungry freak with a 30 foot wingspan... Nope. No thanks. I'll stay home.

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#12

Terror birds. Crazy-big birds (we're talking HUGE) that just roamed around South America (and later Florida)...

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Mike F
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now it's just the fruit cake Floridians that are so frightening.

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#13

The Megalodon Shark 🦈 They were once the most fearsome predator to rule the seas.

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