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Deinotherium giganteum, a prehistoric relative of the elephant from the Late Miocene of Europe. A request by .Related content
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Not only humans can became vampires I see. That's clearly a vampire tapir.
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Is this one of the largest land mammals ever?
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No, I believe it is Indricotherium...
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Heh, I remember seeing this animal menacing our earliest ancestors in "Walking With Beasts".
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I really wish there were more megafauna around today.
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The holotype of the genus is from Germany. Deinotherium has been reported in many places elsewhere including Romania and Crete.
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I do line the rendering of the skin folds. And I can see why they developed tusks pointing the other way
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Line was meant to be like. I blame my brain for being tired.
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The length of the trunk is actually totally unknown...
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Of course, but, it's mentioned (in Wikipedia, at least) that the large, and recessed nasal orbit suggested a large trunk.
Hmmmm.
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A large trunk yes... as depicted here.
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How much underwear can it hold, though?
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Another one would be how would it get it through the airport security?
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That's a common misconception with Deinotherium. Just because elephants have a long trunk doesn't mean all elephant relatives did. Deinotherium's skull juts out over the nasal cavity, and it probably had a more tapir-like fleshy upper lip, depicted here.
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True, but, I would think that a (small) trunk would facilitate greater ease in stripping leaves from branches, unless they bit the leaves off.
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