Nature Cycles

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Entelodont

The Entelodont (Entelodon) was a cool animal. Entelodont means "perfect toothed". They had very sharp teeth. They were so hostile, they fought with each other in the mating season a lot. They were omnivores, and they mainly scavenged carcasses. They were related to pigs and animals with cleft hooves. Entelodon had hooves. They were approximately 2.1 metres at the shoulder, if they were really big. They were dangerous animals. They lived in the Oligocene period and could eat Calicotheres and many other scavenged prey. The skeletons were found in mainly Mongolia and North America. They were quite big and scary animals. They aren't that smart; they have small brains. They are even smaller than oranges. But they were powerfully built animals.

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