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WillemSvdMerwe — Diprotodon optatum

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Published: 2014-09-11 21:12:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 3342; Favourites: 67; Downloads: 32
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Description I should have made it shaggier!  Anyways I'll try for an updated version soon.  Diprotodon was the largest known marsupial, about the size of a modern rhino - 3 m in length and 1.8 m at the shoulder.  It became extinct quite recently, perhaps as a result of humans entering Australia.  It was a relative of modern wombats. 
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Comments: 21

Zimices [2014-09-13 00:56:26 +0000 UTC]

I always wondered if is possible that marsupials lack of hair... Diprotodon was very large and lived in a hot climate, but marsupials also have a slow metabolism... deffintively, an animal as large as intriguing.

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WillemSvdMerwe In reply to Zimices [2014-09-13 17:36:34 +0000 UTC]

It would have answered many questions if they still were around!

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yoult [2014-09-12 23:20:31 +0000 UTC]

That indeed looks unusual, I like the newer version better.

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WillemSvdMerwe In reply to yoult [2014-09-13 17:36:02 +0000 UTC]

All right!

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yoult In reply to WillemSvdMerwe [2014-09-13 18:28:01 +0000 UTC]

Doesn't mean that this isn't lookinggreat too

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PineRain [2014-09-12 18:18:28 +0000 UTC]

What an interesting creature. And that's really big! :0

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WillemSvdMerwe In reply to PineRain [2014-09-13 17:35:52 +0000 UTC]

Indeed!

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herofan135 [2014-09-12 18:00:41 +0000 UTC]

So cool, excellent design!

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WillemSvdMerwe In reply to herofan135 [2014-09-13 17:35:44 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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SwanLullaby [2014-09-12 09:17:20 +0000 UTC]

interesting creature!

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WillemSvdMerwe In reply to SwanLullaby [2014-09-13 17:35:37 +0000 UTC]

Glad you think so!

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Markaronicheese [2014-09-12 05:25:31 +0000 UTC]

Marsupials....the weirdest mammals.

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WillemSvdMerwe In reply to Markaronicheese [2014-09-13 17:35:29 +0000 UTC]

Indeed!

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Wesdaaman [2014-09-11 23:54:36 +0000 UTC]

I sense that this species still exists...

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Syphonodon In reply to Wesdaaman [2014-09-14 02:24:55 +0000 UTC]

Nope

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Wesdaaman In reply to Syphonodon [2014-09-14 02:49:41 +0000 UTC]

Oh no, it's true, I sense an event is happening to the whole world that science cannot explain. It is supernatural.

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WillemSvdMerwe In reply to Wesdaaman [2014-09-13 17:35:24 +0000 UTC]

That would be something!

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Raphus-Wyvernus [2014-09-11 22:36:00 +0000 UTC]

Diprotodon is my all-time FAVORITE marsupial! They were badassicus!

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WillemSvdMerwe In reply to Raphus-Wyvernus [2014-09-13 17:35:11 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I think they were very cool too.

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Vitor-Silva [2014-09-11 21:33:16 +0000 UTC]

I found the concept very interesting! To me it is plausible for a rhino-sized mammal, so this version is worth a try

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WillemSvdMerwe In reply to Vitor-Silva [2014-09-13 17:34:55 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot!

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