Woolly mammoth against white background, illustration.

… megafauna includes a group of large animals that appeared 20 million years ago and weighed more than 44 kg? Among them, were mammoths and saber-toothed tigers? Current large animals, like elephants and giraffes, can also be considered megafauna.

… some animals from ancient megafauna lived on Brazilian land between the states of Bahia and Paraná, close to 11 thousand years ago? It was the mastodons, which looked similar to African elephants.

… a group of scientists recently discovered that one of the causes for the extinction of mammoths could have been intoxication from drinking water? According to researchers some of the minerals in the rocks could have become loose and fallen in the water.

….the largest mammoth was close to five metres tall (the equivalent to a two-floor building) and 20 tonnes (more than three times an African savanna elephant)?

Consulting: Guilherme Domenichelli, biologist

Questions

1) Which animal did the mastodon look like?
a) The African elephant
b) The tiger
c) The saber-toothed tiger
d) The giraffe

2) Which animal from 20 million years ago do you wish you had known? Why?

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