Lion-Sized Otters Lived in Ethiopia 3 Million Years Ago sci.news - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sci.news Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The ancient otter s femur measured more than one-foot-long and its teeth were about two inches wide. Experts say this is the largest otter, about the size of a lion, to have ever walked the Earth.
The Matamata is an incredible animal. A morphologically bizarre, highly cryptic, aquatic South American turtle, it's equipped with a super-specialised wide, flattened skull and a host of peculiar features that allow it to engulf fish and other prey in deft acts of rapid suction.