Nature Cycles

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Chalicothere

Chalicothere (Chalicotherium) was an animal that looked really weird. The name meant "pebble beast". They were mammals. Their main threat was the hyaenodon. They ate soft leaves; they were herbivores.

They walked on the backs of their hands to protect their long claws. They were 2.6 metres tall (the males only), and the females were 1.8 metres tall. They were related to tapirs, rhinos, and horses. They were alive in the Oligocene period. They got eaten by hyaenodon and entelodonts. They are actually really cool. They walked on their knuckles.

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