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Ancient Earth

The animals that came before. Bigger, stranger, mostly extinct, occasionally still here.

Species

250,000

Plant species

200,000

Endangered

100%

Pressure

Time, basically

Surprise of the day

Argentavis magnificens, an extinct vulture, had a 7-metre wingspan. It glided on thermals like a small plane.

Who eats who

Apex predators on top. Energy flows down.

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