GALLERY: Australia’s biggest ever animals
23 June 2016
The blue whale is thought to be the largest animal that has ever lived. IMAGE CREDIT: All illustrations by Owen Li
ASIDE FROM THE blue whale, which is thought to be the largest animal that has ever lived, many of today’s creatures are mere pygmies compared with what came before them in Earth’s prehistoric past. Australia’s first human inhabitants would have come face to face with some, such as Diprotodon, Megalania and Thylacoleo.
