herpguy Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Remnants of a meat-eating kangaroo with fangs were found recently in Australia's Queensland state. The killer kangaroo, Ekaltadeta, had large forearms, so it couldn't hop like a kangaroo of today, but galloped instead. Ekaltadeta, who lived between 10 and 20 million years ago, was described as having "well muscled-in teeth, not for grazing" by vertebrate paleontologist Sue Hand. "These things had slicing crests that could have crunched through bone and sliced off flesh." This is almost nothing like how kangaroos of today are. The team was studying the fossils to better understand how they were affected by the changing climates of 5 to 24 million years ago. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13825566/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forensicmad Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Holey moley. Imagine that thing hopping towards you at 30mph with fangs beared. Who needs a boxing kangaroo when you have that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Dalek Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Wow, nothing cute about this sucker. I understand that predatory animals generaly have larger brains than herbavores, I wonder how much smarter this creature was than the modern Kangaroo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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