http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/...eontology/ 
 
The biggest sea-dwelling crocodile ever found has turned up in the Tunisian desert. The whopper of a prehistoric predator grew to over 30 feet long (nearly ten meters) and weighed three tons.

I only know of two and they were both monstrous; Daeodon and Andrewsarchus. 

I'll list mine later in this thread. What are your 10 favorites from least favorite to most favorite (because scrolling down saves the most favorite as a surprise, rather than having the most favorite on top of this thread)?

And also, what is your favorite mammalian carnivore? Vote on the poll.

Do you guys have any suggestions regarding threads on extinct animals from any time period? I'd like to propose a separate thread on gorgonopsids, Andrewsarchus, and Dinocrocuta. These creatures are relatively well-unknown and plenty of speculation rises at Andrewsarchus's skull.

Looks an impressive male this one

Hold the air traffic – there’s a lion on the airstrip!
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Tags: Botswana, Lion, lion sighting, male lion, mapula lodge, okavango delta, Safari

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This is one of those things you would only hear about in Africa, where rumours of pet elephants and lions in the garden circulate the globe. We landed with Major Blue Air in the blissfully jolty fashion that shook us out of a mesmerised state after having flown over this epic World Heritage Site in Botswana. The heat took over as the doors opened, and the humidity stuck in our lungs almost immediately, but we had arrived on a private concession of the Okavango Delta and were headed for the luxury of Mapula Lodge! It was only when we headed back to the airstrip in the cooler hours of an early morning game drive that we came across one particularly dangerous obstacle to air traffic – a lion on the airstrip!
The sculpted, golden male lion was enjoying the mild morning while it lasted. Removed from the obstruction of grass and trees, he lay belly-down on the cool dirt of the runway and watched us approaching, ahead of the rising sun. Like a true king, he looked fearless, and an expression of lazy arrogance took hold of his face. He was unperturbed by our presence and we sat and watched him for a while; a magnificent big cat, an apex predator, in his home in the Okavango Delta.

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My thoughts were of a potential pride he might dominate, cubs he might have sired, the brothers he might have as allies. Perhaps he was keeping watch and the pride was just out of sight behind a leafy shrub; or maybe he was alone. A solo male lion drinking in his kingdom before succumbing to the wretched heat of the day. As the sun rose in the sky, this beast of a lion knew his precious time in the cool was up and he lifted himself onto all fours. We got to watch him walk in front of our vehicle and head into the tall reeds, now in search of new shade…

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Bears as we all know are omnivores and part-time predators. Polar bears are of course the only full-time predator living today among bears. The topic here is the hunting skills and killing methods of bears. Also, the prey choices and prey limitations of bears. 
I do not wish to make a habit, or perhaps I should say continue with the bad habit of copying material from other sites, but some good information can be found here:   http://shaggygod.proboards.com/board/18/...-ungulates

Happy New Year today, everybody!

I'm a relatively new poster here, joined about two days ago, and I'm proud of my current contributions as of 2015. Let's make 2016 a great year for WildFact!

PS - Accidentally put this thread in the wrong section...?

It's way to easy to attach "human characteristics" to animals because essentially we are the same. We all evolved from the same things if you go back far enough and we all have soo many different characteristics that of course you'll be able find similarities between us. But there is nothing a lion does that you cannot compare to another animal. Maybe a sub species but it still will come down to where the cat is from and what specialized evolutionary traits needed to devolope to succeed in that specific region.

What you cannot compare is the ideology a human has, religious or moral. We no longer live by "survival of the fittest" and thus we no longer live by the "law of the wild" compared to wild animals.

What do you enjoy? My favorite nature channel is "Nat Geo Wild." My favorite program on that channel is "Built for the Kill." My favorite documentary thus far is "Land of 10,000 Grizzlies." 

http://grizzlyadams.com/