Uploaded February 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
From a massive shark to the biggest snake ever these are some of the most unbelievable animals to have ever roamed the Earth!
#11. “Megalodon”- You might think that megalodon is the fabrication of a B horror movie but this aquatic super-predator actually existed. The megalodon was a massive shark that lived approximately 2.6 million years ago. These beasts could reach proportions that were triple that of its modern day relative, the Great White. They are believed to have been between 40 and 52 feet long but some speculate that they could grow up to almost 60 feet in length. Being one of the biggest carnivores in the ocean during its life they probably could have had its pick of any prey. They are believed to have hunted everything from giant sea turtles, seals and dolphins to the occasional meal of small whales. The teeth were so large and strange to ancient civilizations who happened to find the fossils that they became part of mythology. Some ancient peoples believed that they were the tongues of dragons, while some thought they were stones that fell to earth from the moon.
#10. “Quetzalcoatlus”- The pterosaur, Quetzalcoatlus looks like an animal right out of the world of Jim Henson. It had an incredibly long neck that stretched light that of a giraffe and a wingspan upwards of 45 feet making it the largest flying creature to ever live. It had a powerful crested beak and hand-like appendages that stuck out from its wings. It is believed that Quetzalcoatlus used these hands like front feet when on the ground and used all four limbs to gallop in order to gain velocity for flight. There are two prevailing theories on its feeding habits, some believe that it was a scavenger similar to that of storks or vultures, feeding on the occasional carrion while also hunting ground animals and fish from ponds while others believe that it hunted using a skimming technique, scooping up fish from the water mid-flight like that of a pelican.
#9. “Tanystropheus”- The semi-aquatic reptile that was tanystropheus look like what you would get if you crossed a snake with an iguana albeit greater in size than a saltwater crocodile. Tanystropheus lived in the late Triassic period about 215 million years ago and was an average of 20 feet long with a weight of around 300 pounds. What made this creature unique was the fact that its neck was longer than that of the combined length of its tale and body. It is believed that the extremely stretched out neck was the evolutionary product of its diet that consisted mainly of fish. Tanystropheus was believed to hang out on shorelines, stick its long neck into the water and like a fishing line snatch fishes that came innocently swimming by. Because of the ridiculous length of its neck, when it was first discovered paleontologists thought that it was a flying pterosaur and the neck was its tail.
From a massive shark to the biggest snake ever these are some of the most unbelievable animals to have ever roamed the Earth!
#11. “Megalodon”- You might think that megalodon is the fabrication of a B horror movie but this aquatic super-predator actually existed. The megalodon was a massive shark that lived approximately 2.6 million years ago. These beasts could reach proportions that were triple that of its modern day relative, the Great White. They are believed to have been between 40 and 52 feet long but some speculate that they could grow up to almost 60 feet in length. Being one of the biggest carnivores in the ocean during its life they probably could have had its pick of any prey. They are believed to have hunted everything from giant sea turtles, seals and dolphins to the occasional meal of small whales. The teeth were so large and strange to ancient civilizations who happened to find the fossils that they became part of mythology. Some ancient peoples believed that they were the tongues of dragons, while some thought they were stones that fell to earth from the moon.
#10. “Quetzalcoatlus”- The pterosaur, Quetzalcoatlus looks like an animal right out of the world of Jim Henson. It had an incredibly long neck that stretched light that of a giraffe and a wingspan upwards of 45 feet making it the largest flying creature to ever live. It had a powerful crested beak and hand-like appendages that stuck out from its wings. It is believed that Quetzalcoatlus used these hands like front feet when on the ground and used all four limbs to gallop in order to gain velocity for flight. There are two prevailing theories on its feeding habits, some believe that it was a scavenger similar to that of storks or vultures, feeding on the occasional carrion while also hunting ground animals and fish from ponds while others believe that it hunted using a skimming technique, scooping up fish from the water mid-flight like that of a pelican.
#9. “Tanystropheus”- The semi-aquatic reptile that was tanystropheus look like what you would get if you crossed a snake with an iguana albeit greater in size than a saltwater crocodile. Tanystropheus lived in the late Triassic period about 215 million years ago and was an average of 20 feet long with a weight of around 300 pounds. What made this creature unique was the fact that its neck was longer than that of the combined length of its tale and body. It is believed that the extremely stretched out neck was the evolutionary product of its diet that consisted mainly of fish. Tanystropheus was believed to hang out on shorelines, stick its long neck into the water and like a fishing line snatch fishes that came innocently swimming by. Because of the ridiculous length of its neck, when it was first discovered paleontologists thought that it was a flying pterosaur and the neck was its tail.
