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Hey it's captain gutt from ice age 4 series the pirate captain in the series, Gigantopithecus was the largest primate ever to walk the Earth, reaching more than twice the size of modern gorillas. This massive ape was like a cross between modern primates: It had a face like an orangutan's, but behaved like a gorilla. Though it must have been a scary sight-looking much like a prehistoric King Kong-this ape was probably only a threat to a stand of bamboo. They Lived in The Ice Age They Are found in China and Vietnam They Are Borned in 1935.
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Gigantopithecus has traditionally been restored as a massive, orangutan-like ape, potentially 200–300 kilograms (440–660 lb) when alive, but the few remains make total size estimates highly speculative. The species may have been sexually dimorphic, with males much bigger than females. The incisors are reduced and the canines appear to have functioned like cheek teeth (premolars and molars). The premolars are high-crowned, and the fourth premolar is very molar-like. The molars are the largest of any known ape, and have a relatively flat surface. Gigantopithecus had the thickest enamel by absolute measure of any ape, up to six millimetres (0.24 in) in some areas, though this is only fairly thick when tooth size is taken into account.
Gigantopithecus appears to have been a generalist herbivore of C3 forest plants, with the jaw adapted to grinding, crushing, and cutting through tough, fibrous plants, and the thick enamel functioning to resist foods with abrasive particles such as stems, roots, and tubers with dirt. Some teeth bear traces of fig family fruits, which may have been important dietary components. It primarily lived in subtropical to tropical forest, and went extinct about 300,000 years ago likely because of the retreat of preferred habitat due to climate change, and potentially archaic human activity. Gigantopithecus has become popular in cryptozoology circles as the identity of the Tibetan yeti or the American bigfoot, apelike creatures in local folklore.
Hey it's captain gutt from ice age 4 series the pirate captain in the series, Gigantopithecus was the largest primate ever to walk the Earth, reaching more than twice the size of modern gorillas. This massive ape was like a cross between modern primates: It had a face like an orangutan's, but behaved like a gorilla. Though it must have been a scary sight-looking much like a prehistoric King Kong-this ape was probably only a threat to a stand of bamboo. They Lived in The Ice Age They Are found in China and Vietnam They Are Borned in 1935.
ft: @TigersharkNation2691
@thomashuffman3237
@disneyvillainrocket1
@spencerstark6420
Gigantopithecus has traditionally been restored as a massive, orangutan-like ape, potentially 200–300 kilograms (440–660 lb) when alive, but the few remains make total size estimates highly speculative. The species may have been sexually dimorphic, with males much bigger than females. The incisors are reduced and the canines appear to have functioned like cheek teeth (premolars and molars). The premolars are high-crowned, and the fourth premolar is very molar-like. The molars are the largest of any known ape, and have a relatively flat surface. Gigantopithecus had the thickest enamel by absolute measure of any ape, up to six millimetres (0.24 in) in some areas, though this is only fairly thick when tooth size is taken into account.
Gigantopithecus appears to have been a generalist herbivore of C3 forest plants, with the jaw adapted to grinding, crushing, and cutting through tough, fibrous plants, and the thick enamel functioning to resist foods with abrasive particles such as stems, roots, and tubers with dirt. Some teeth bear traces of fig family fruits, which may have been important dietary components. It primarily lived in subtropical to tropical forest, and went extinct about 300,000 years ago likely because of the retreat of preferred habitat due to climate change, and potentially archaic human activity. Gigantopithecus has become popular in cryptozoology circles as the identity of the Tibetan yeti or the American bigfoot, apelike creatures in local folklore.
