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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: Killer Kangaroo Had Wolf-Like Fangs, Scientists Say


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A skull from Ekaltadeta, an extinct, giant flesh-eating kangaroo.

During a recent dig in Australia, scientists from the University of New South Wales found the remains of as many as 20 new species, including a kangaroo with wolf-like fangs and the larger relative of a giant bird nicknamed "the demon duck of doom."

Photograph courtesy Ross Arnett/UNSW