Australia's Extinct Megafauna - Season 1

Australia's Extinct Megafauna - Season 1

Season 1

Network
Episodes6
Datesjuil. 1, 2024 - juil. 1, 2024

Episodes

Diprotodon: Not A Wombat
Season 1Episode 16 min

Diprotodon: Not A Wombat

How big was Australia's most famous extinct megafaunal mammal Diprotodon optatum? Be amazed by the answer and other cool Diprotodon facts. Just don't call Diprotodon a giant wombat!

juil. 1, 2024
Thylacoleo: The Wildcard
Season 1Episode 25 min

Thylacoleo: The Wildcard

Did Australia's fierce marsupial predator Thylacoleo carnifex have the most powerful bite of any living or extinct mammal? Learn some incredible facts and prepare to be surprised by this wildcard!

juil. 1, 2024
Procoptodon: King Of Roos
Season 1Episode 35 min

Procoptodon: King Of Roos

Why is Australia's extinct kangaroo, Procoptodon goliah, called the T-rex of roos? Learn amazing facts about this giant kangaroo from the Pleistocene. Most importantly, please acknowledge that it was a real 'roo's roo'!

juil. 1, 2024
Genyornis: Gigantic Fun!
Season 1Episode 46 min

Genyornis: Gigantic Fun!

What is the difference between Australia's extinct flightless bird Genyornis newtoni and an emu? What do we know about Genyornis from the fossil evidence? Probably that this big bird was the original party animal!

juil. 1, 2024
Megalania: An Awesome Dragon
Season 1Episode 56 min

Megalania: An Awesome Dragon

Was Australia's extinct super-predator Megalania (Varanus priscus) the world's largest ever land lizard? Learn about this giant reptile's incredible adaptations. But nobody tell this dragon just how scary it is!

juil. 1, 2024
Palorchestes: Highly Individual
Season 1Episode 66 min

Palorchestes: Highly Individual

Could Palorchestes azael be the most unusual marsupial to have existed in Australia's Pleistocene era? Why are its fossils such a puzzle? One thing is for sure, it's the most individual of individuals among megafauna!

juil. 1, 2024

Recently Updated Shows

Recently updated shows that might be of your interest.
9-1-1
Running

9-1-1

9-1-1 is a fast-paced exploration into the lives and careers of first responders – cops, paramedics, firefighters – the people who put their lives on the line to save others.

Ghosts
Running

Ghosts

Samantha and Jay throw caution to the wind when they convert their recently inherited country estate into a bed-and-breakfast. Call it mislaid plans. Not only is the place falling apart, but it's also inhabited by spirits of previous residents -- whom only Samantha can see and hear. Ghosts spins the funny, heartfelt story about a newfound dream that reveals connection and self-discovery aren't just for the living.

Grey's Anatomy
Running

Grey's Anatomy

The doctors of Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital deal with life-or-death consequences on a daily basis -- it's in one another that they find comfort, friendship and, at times, more than friendship. Together they're discovering that neither medicine nor relationships can be defined in black and white. Real life only comes in shades of grey.

Pluribus
Running

Pluribus

The most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Running

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.