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Vote for your favorite mega monster among the megafauna.

- Giant Ripper Lizard
- World's Largest Marsupial
- Demon Duck of Doom
- Woolly Mammoth
- Saber-Tooth Cat
- Giant Ground Sloth
- The Moa

http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/lostmonsters/poll/poll.html

If you were transported 68,000, 13,000 or 800 years
to the past, which mega monster would you most like
to encounter? Vote for your favorite among the megafauna.

Giant Ripper Lizard
Megalania
When It Roamed: 68,000 years ago
Home Range: Australia
Mega Factoid: 900 pounds, 20 feet long, largest reptile to walk the earth.

World's Largest Marsupial
Diprotodon
When It Roamed: 68,000 years ago
Home Range: Australia
Mega Factoid: 5,000 pounds, about the weight of a loaded minivan.

Demon Duck of Doom
Genyornis
When It Roamed: 68,000 years ago
Home Range: Australia
Mega Factoid: 7 feet tall, over 500 pounds, with legs that could kill a man with a single kick.

Woolly Mammoth
Mammuthus primigenius
When It Roamed: 13,000 years ago
Home Range: Eurasia, The Americas
Mega Factoid: 12,000 pounds, about the weight of a motor home, with 8-foot-long tusks.

Saber-Tooth Cat
Smilodon fatalis
When It Roamed: 13,000 years ago
Home Range: The Americas
Mega Factoid: 7-inch-long canines, as big as Tyrannosaurus rex teeth.

Giant Ground Sloth
Eremotherium rusconii
When It Roamed: 13,000 years ago
Home Range: The Americas
Mega Factoid: 20 feet long, weighing 3 tons, with 12-inch claws.

The Moa
Dinornis giganteus
When It Roamed: 800 years ago
Home Range: New Zealand
Mega Factoid: 12 feet tall at its full height, weighing as much
as two full-grown men or 1¼ Sheriff Matt's.