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Some ancient animals were afraid even dinosaurs?
reconstruction of the skeleton of deinosuchus (Deinosuchus) it's hard To believe but I think the most dangerous and ruthless of animals on our planet are crocodiles. Judge for yourself — if the person or an animal will be nearby, ...
Who the "hell of the ants" and why they look so strange?
This is the head of an ant. But not hellish, and the ordinary To date, scientists know of the existence of about 15,000 species of ants. Given that most of us saw with my own eyes a maximum of 3-4 of them, this fact for some peopl...
Found the first remains of a dinosaur that died from cancer
you May have seen centrosaurus in documentary films Millions of years ago in the canadian province of Alberta lived in a huge variety of dinosaurs. Especially many of centrosaurus (Centrosaurus apertus), which was a horned creatur...
Thousands of years ago smallpox was a deadly disease
About how people today run the risk of Contracting smallpox, see the 7 series season 7 of the series "Dr. house" the entire history of its existence, mankind is faced with a huge number of dangerous diseases that were the causes o...
A rare case: in Russia, found a complete skeleton of a mammoth
the Mammoth reached a height of 5.5 meters, and their weight could be 15 tons. Sometimes it seems that the most interesting discoveries in the study of ancient animals occur everywhere, not only in Russia. However, in fact, far fr...
Hands: the most unusual dinosaurs hunted insects?
You hardly imagined such dinosaurs, isn't it? About 66 million years ago, along with a huge tyrannosaurs and Diplodocus on the planet ran a tiny alvarezsaurid (Alvarezsauridae). We are talking about a small family of dinosaurs, wh...
In Australia, opened a new animal, but it is already extinct
Porcupine were herbivores the size of a dog In 1973, one of the dried up reservoirs of Australia there were strong winds, because of what he has lost quite a thick layer of sand. It appeared this time under the loose soil was kept...
Lived in Australia mysterious dinosaurs, who would tear people to pieces
Tyrannosaurs — some of the most recognizable ancient creatures. When it comes to dinosaurs, most people immediately recalls the two-legged dinosaurs that millions of years ago were considered the most dangerous and bloodthirsty pr...
Found in Antarctica mysterious stone appeared to be an egg of the ancient monster
Baked potatoes, a blown out ball… what's it look like? In 2011, on the icy expanse of Antarctica, was found a mysterious fossil in the form of a huge baked potato. Its dimensions were about 20 by 30 centimeters, and age amou...
Why millions of years ago was the mass extinction of animals?
Mass extinction affected not only normal animals but also huge dinosaurs according to the American scientists, today on our planet there are about a trillion animals. But millions of years ago on Earth lived even more diverse orga...
When people began to hunt with bow and arrow?
Bow and arrow were invented by people thousands of years ago. Thousands of years ago our ancestors used to kill small animals with his bare hands, and large hammered stones. Over time, they began to invent more sophisticated tools...
What was the first parasite in history?
The oldest parasites in the shell of an ancient creature From a scientific point of view, parasites are creatures that invade other organisms and use their life force for their own survival. These include fleas and lice, which liv...
Scientists have studied the stomach contents of a dinosaur — he is very well preserved
it looked like Borealopelta markmitchelli in the representation of the artist In 2011, during work on one of the canadian mines, the scientists found the remains of a herbivorous dinosaur of the form Borealopelta markmitchelli. Th...
Is it true that our ancestors killed the Neanderthals?
About 40 thousand years ago on Earth there lived several members of the genus of people. The most numerous of them were our ancestors Homo sapiens and the Neanderthals. To live on the same planet several types of bipedal creatures...
What elephants lived 300 000 years ago and why they became extinct?
Elephants are the largest land animals on Earth, which reaches a height of 3 metres and a body weight of 6 tons. Throughout the history of our planet there are dozens of species of elephants, however with time left only Savannah a...
Is it possible to determine the sex of a dinosaur by its bones?
from time to Time paleontologists who study the fossilized remains of ancient animals and plants, discover new species of dinosaurs. By studying their bones, scientists can very accurately determine what they looked like and what ...
What were the cave bears and why did they die out?
Hundreds of thousands of years ago, in the days of our ancestors Neanderthals in Eurasia inhabited by a cave bears. They were 30% larger than the present brown bear, and different from modern species by the shape of the forehead a...
Could the dinosaurs not be extinct, and turn into birds?
One of the most strange and even extravagant hypotheses of the last time is the view that the famous meteorite that destroyed 65 million years all the dinosaurs of the planet, in fact, never existed. Instead of together to die dur...
This small dinosaur could kill even the largest animals
around 70 million years ago, the modern America walked the huge dinosaurs. Some of them were not very mobile and eat plants, but among them were these bloodthirsty monsters like tyrannosaurs. But did you know that the lives of ord...
Looked like the ancestor of all modern animals?
do you Know what unites the 99% of currently known living beings, including humans? They all have a feature known as bilateral symmetry — their bodies can be divided into left and right sides, which are virtually identical. In add...