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Stegoloxodon celebensis by TroodonVet. This small species of proboscidean inhabited Sulawesi, Indonesia during the early Pleistocene. Like many non Late Pleistocene Proboscideans, it had four instead of just two tusks.
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Stegoloxodon celebensis by TroodonVet. This small species of proboscidean inhabited Sulawesi, Indonesia during the early Pleistocene. Like many non Late Pleistocene Proboscideans, it had four instead of just two tusks.

u/Apart_Ambition5764 — 1 day ago
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What are the chances for the remaining fatal accidents from the year 2000 that the show hasn’t covered of becoming future episodes?

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Air Philippines Flight 541 (photo credit goes to Leslie Snelleman)

Alliance Air Flight 7412 (photo credit goes to Michael Roeser Collection)

Kenya Airways Flight 431 (photo credit goes to Paul Seymour)

Gulf Air Flight 072 (photo credit goes to Reinhard Zinabold)

Wuhan Airlines Flight 343 (photo credit goes to Ronidong)

Aerocaribe Flight 7831 (photo credit goes to Konstantin von Wedelstaedt)

u/Apart_Ambition5764 — 3 days ago
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Gavialis bengawanicus by Davin Arya Nirwasita. This species of Gharial inhabited Southeast Asia and Indonesia from the early Pleistocene to the middle Pleistocene.

u/Apart_Ambition5764 — 5 days ago
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The Flores Giant Stork (Leptoptilos robustus) of Late Pleistocene Flores, Indonesia by Eumaniraptora art (@Paleoraptor_).

u/Apart_Ambition5764 — 5 days ago
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The Javan Long-horned Buffalo (Bubalus palaeokerabau) of Middle-Late Pleistocene Java, Indonesia by WillemSvdMerwe.

u/Apart_Ambition5764 — 10 days ago
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Somewhere in the waterways of South America during the early Pleistocene, a Tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) encounters the Giant Darter Giganhinga kiyuensis. Artwork by TerribleReptiles77.

u/Apart_Ambition5764 — 14 days ago
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Duboisia santeng by Davin Arya Nirwasita. This medium sized bovid inhabited Java, Indonesia from the early to middle Pleistocene. Its closest living relatives are the Nilgai and Four-horned Antelope of the Indian subcontinent.

u/Apart_Ambition5764 — 14 days ago
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A pair of Reindeer/Caribou (Rangifer tarandus), their calves, and a large male Megaloceros giganteus surviving a blizzard somewhere in Late Pleistocene Eurasia. Artwork by Taliesaurus on deviant art.

u/Apart_Ambition5764 — 15 days ago
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Near mid air collision between ANA Flight 968 (Boeing 767-300ER) from Shanghai China and a Japan Civil Aviation Bureau Cessna Citation CJ4 apparently happened earlier today while the latter took off and the former was on approach to land.

u/Apart_Ambition5764 — 17 days ago
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A Javan Long-horned Buffalo (Bubalus paleokerabau) and a Bos paleosondaicus wallow to escape the heat during a scorching dry season while a pair of Javan Pond Herons (Ardeola speciosa) hunt for insects on their backs. Artwork by Paleoii.

u/Apart_Ambition5764 — 19 days ago
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Somewhere in Africa during the early Pleistocene, a large Leptoptilos falconeri Stork walks through some tall grasses in search of prey while a melanistic Dinofelis quietly gets a much needed drink. Artwork by Simone Zoccante.

u/Apart_Ambition5764 — 20 days ago
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The Turtle-jawed Mao Nalo (Chelychelynechen quassus) by Nix Illustration. This large species of goose like duck inhabited the Hawaiian Island of Kaua’i during the Holocene and likely the Late Pleistocene. It was around 90 cm tall (3 ft) and weighed around 7 kg (15 pounds).

u/Apart_Ambition5764 — 28 days ago
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A pair of Kaua’i Mole Ducks (Talpanas lippa) forage or search for insects on the island of Kaua’i during the Late Pleistocene. Artwork by Julian Hume.

u/Apart_Ambition5764 — 1 month ago
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The Kauaʻi Mole Duck (Talpanas lippa) by Nix Illustration. This small species of duck inhabited the Hawaiian island of Kaua’i during the Holocene and almost certainly the Late Pleistocene. The Polynesians who colonized the island around 300 CE and 1200 CE were the cause of its extinction.

u/Apart_Ambition5764 — 1 month ago
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A Dinofelis aronoki in hot pursuit of an Oribi (Ourebia ourebi) somewhere in East Africa during the early Pleistocene. Artwork by Thaasviyn_oakpaints.

u/Apart_Ambition5764 — 1 month ago
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Shiriyanetta hasegawai by Eumaniraptora art (@Paleoraptor_). This large species of diving or sea duck inhabited Japan during the Middle Pleistocene and the Late Pleistocene.

u/Apart_Ambition5764 — 1 month ago