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Are some marine animals related to prehistoric animals?

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Many people love studying and researching animals from prehistoric times - by prehistoric, we mean those animals that lived here on planet Earth long before human beings came onto the scene. And it's no surprise! read more

Sea scorpion: Nicknamed as such because of the physical similarity with the scorpion that we now know; however, this prehistoric marine animal is not related to contemporary scorpions at all. Its proper scientific name is Eurypterid, and it's related to arachnids. read more

Australia and its unique fauna have suffered an extreme decline in mammal species, 10% of its 273 terrestrial mammals, since European settlement (a loss of one to two species per decade); in contrast, only one species in North America has become extinct since European settlement. read more

Some of the most wonderfully strange sea life known to man is sadly extinct. That includes a wide variety of voracious monsters, aggressive sharks and exotic lizards that you might expect to find in one of ol' Jimbo's movies. read more

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