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Be Careful, The Beast!

2014-08-11

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER 2014年7期

Do you want to know what the animals look like 5 million years ago and later? Are you ready? The time and space shuttle is about to set sail! Be careful, the beast!Please hold your breath, don't make a fuss.

5 million years ago

5 million years ago, the Earth was in an era known as the pliocene, the outline and location of the continents was almost the same as today. But there were some differences, the Himalayan mountains and the Alps then was not so high as today, the African continent was rising, the North and South America hadnt been connected together then. The Earth in pliocene was not so warm and humid as today, large forests doted the earth with green, many exotic animals live on the Earth.

Dinothere

3.5 meters in height, 8 tons weight

Tall, with curved hook tooth,

loving eating leaves

Ardipithecus

1.2 meters in height, 50 kg weight

walk upright,

Highly intelligent animal,

feed on plants

Thylacosmilus

1.5 meters in length, 250 kilograms weight

long saber tooth, strong body,

rely on the saber tooth to prey.

Giantopithecus

Three meters tall, 500 kg weight,

Strong and muscular vegetarian

Megalania

7 meters long, 1 ton weight

Flat head, sharp teeth,

thaere may contain

deadly poison

in the mouth

Master whale

5 meters long, 700 kg weight,

Small and flexible body,

short and round head,

omnivorous animals, high IQ

Monkey of human face

1.5 meters long, 40 kg weight,

strong upper body and nimble fingers, be able to use simple tools

5 million years later

What will the life on the earth be in5 million years? Without human influence, and without regard to the drastic change of geography and climate, the life will usher in a new garden of Eden. If humans disappear, only tens thousands years later, green will regain the city, the area of the forests will rapidly expand, the oxygen in the air will also unceasingly increase. Based on the existing species and the evolution model, a large number of exotic animals will appear 5 million years later. We have chosen five kinds of them for bold speculation.

Large beak bird

4 meters tall, 400 kg weight,

gorgeous feathers, hard and sharp cutin beak, "Mini " versions tyrannosaurus for hunting large animals

Eagle owl with wide wing

Wingspan of 3 meters, 13 kg weight, broad wings, powerful claws, "pet" killer in the city

Weasel of crazy teeth

3.5 meters long, 300 kilograms weight, sharp view, sharp canine teeth,

hunting large animals


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