Prehistoric Predators

PREHISTORIC PREDATORS: ABOUT

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Step back in time to one of the most amazing eras in the history of planet earth and meet terrifying ancient predators.

Long before humans evolved, our planet was home to some of the most vicious predators ever to have lived. With stunning animation Prehistoric Predators takes us back in time to bring these ancient killers back to life.

Prehistoric Predators: Megalodon
The biggest predator ever to swim in the oceans and ruler of the seas for 20 million years, Megalodon weighed 50 tonnes, had a seven foot-wide jaw, and boasted a mouthful of seven inch, razor-sharp teeth. Terrorising waters from Australia to the Americas until it became extinct two million years ago, Megalodon made the great white shark look like small fry.

Prehistoric Predators: Terror Raptor
Isolated from the rest of the world for millions of years, South America became home to creatures found nowhere else on Earth – and top of the food chain in this strange land were the aptly named ‘Terror Birds’. Capable of killing large prey with a single blow from their massive beaks, meet the feathered fiends who once ruled a continent.

Prehistoric Predators: Hell Pig
The Hell Pig, or Entelodont, was one of the ugliest creatures ever to have lived. But this petrifying pig was an evolutionary success, surviving for nearly 20 million years in eat-or-be-eaten prehistoric North America. Yet for all its ferocity the Hell Pig finally met its match in the equally ferocious Bear Dog, as the two predators fought a battle against extinction.

EPISODE GUIDE

Prehistoric Predators: Megalodon

Scientists attempt to recreate the Megalodon, a ferocious 50-ton shark that terrorised sea creatures around the world millions of years ago.
Prehistoric Predators: Terror Bird

A look at the rise of the 'Terror Birds', flightless predators that ruled South America 65 million years ago after the dinosaur's demise.
Prehistoric Predators: Terror Raptor

A look at the rise of the 'Terror Birds', flightless predators that ruled South America 65 million years ago after the dinosaur's demise.
Prehistoric Predators: Killer Pig

A look at the Entelodont, an ugly and ferocious pig-like creature that ruled the continent of North America 30 million years ago.
Prehistoric Predators: Razor Jaws

With lethal jaws capable of killing in seconds, the Hyaenodon was one of history's deadliest beasts. Will its razor jaws ever be matched?
Prehistoric Predators: Sabre-Toothed Tiger

With 8-inch-long teeth set in a jaw that opened about twice as wide as a lion's, how did the sabre-toothed tiger use its power and skill?
Prehistoric Predators: Giant Bear

The short-faced or bulldog bear was one of the most powerful carnivores in North America, standing at thirteen feet on its hind legs.
Prehistoric Predators: Killer Wolf

The dire wolf was the largest known canid ever to exist, and their skeletons are the most common animals to be found at La Brea tar pits in LA.