Terminator Pig: Daeodon

Terminator Pig: Daeodon book cover — GRAPHIC PREHISTORIC ANIMALS TERMINATOR PIG DAEODON DD ILLUSTRATED BY ALESSANDRO POLUZZI Smart Apple Media

Terminator Pig: Daeodon — page 1 — WHAT IS A TERMINATOR PIG2 ENTELODONT MEANS PERFECT TOOTH The piglike entelodont Daeodon lived around 29 million to 19 million years ago during the late Oligocene to early Miocene periods Fossils of its skeleton have been found in North America see page 22 ii Its head was 3 feet S 91 cm long ii It had bony lumps sticking out from its cheeks much like a modern day warthog LA Its brain was As the size of an orange so it wasn't very Smart DAEODON DREADFUL TEETH MEASURED UP to It was more like a A hippopotamus than a true pig To 11 FEET 3 4 m it It was an N omnivore which means it fed on both meat LONG 8 FEET 2 4 M HIGH AND WEIGHED and plants 930 POUNDS 420 KG This would be Daeodon and

Terminator Pig: Daeodon — page 2 — ANIMAL FACTS n contrast to the warthog entelodonts eyes faced forward so they could judge the distance to prey This and their fearsome looking teeth have caused some scientists to label them top hunters Others disagree saying their lack of claws would have prevented them from bringing down running prey What is known is that they Archaeotherium was the first big entelodont would grub around for roots e first entelodonts were the size of modern wild pigs Seven kinds have been discovered each getting larger than the one before Entelodonts looked a lot like modern day warthogs especially their bony cheek nodules Male warthogs use these to scare off e latest and rivals Scientists think largest entelodont was Daeodon This entelodonts may have done the same Their probable aggression size and teeth would super size terminator pig rose to the top of the food chain in North have made entelodonts a tough rival for other predators to compete with America Back then the area was like today's Serengeti in East

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