ExtinctZoo

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We're Evolving Backwards Apr 12, 2025

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300,000 years isn't exactly a long time in the grand scheme of things. And yet it was long enough for us to go through some pretty peculiar "changes"...

Japan Once Had Real Kaiju Apr 05, 2025

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Today Japan is known for anime, good food, and everything kawaii, but once upon a time not only was it not kawaii, it was also one of the worst places you could find yourself on the entire planet, as it seemed to be collecting nightmarish animals like Pokémon.

The Most Brutal Human Deaths Ever Preserved In Fossils Mar 29, 2025

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Life hurts, but seems like in the past it hurt so so much worse... and these real skeletons prove it.

The Largest Animal To Ever Walk On Two Legs Mar 22, 2025

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Sauropods were the largest dinosaurs to ever live... but what was the second largest? Its an animal you have likely never heard of AND it also happens to be the biggest thing to have ever walked on two legs (if it wanted to)

Antarctica Before It Froze Mar 15, 2025

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Antarctica today is ice on ice on ice, with a few penguins sprinkled in. But once upon a time, not only was there no ice or snow, yet palm trees, giant crocodiles, noodle mammals and... dinosaurs?

When Evolution Made The Same Animal Twice Mar 08, 2025

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If you take a look through time you will come to the realization that we are all the same, but different... let me explain.

The Extinct Animals The First Humans Saw Mar 01, 2025

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Ever imagined what the very first modern humans would have saw on their journeys in late Pleistocene Africa? Well imagine no further, here's the answer!

Also stay tuned for a special guest on this episode...

When Australia Had A Sea Feb 22, 2025

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To keep it short... Australia has no chill and had no chill...

The Forgotten Prehistoric War That Killed 19 Out Of 20 Men Feb 15, 2025

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7,000 years ago something happened that was so severe that it permanently left a scar within our DNA...

The T. Rex's Savage Older Brother Feb 08, 2025

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We all love and know the T. rex, but have you ever asked yourself, where did it come from, and what ruled before it? Well.. here's the answer.