Description
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Animal
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probably-delicious, definitely-extinct elephantine species with long fur
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wooly mammoth
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largest living species of dinosaur (yes, there are living dinosaurs)
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ostrich
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largest living species of reptile (yes, there are living reptiles)
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saltwater crocodile
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mythical reptile; flying and fire-breathing in Europe, aquatic in China
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dragon
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largest animal species that ever lived
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blue whale
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living animal species with largest brain, hunted for its head wax
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sperm whale
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mythical sea monster, resembling a gianter giant squid
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kraken
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extinct dinosaur, once the largest carnivore in North America
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tyrannosaurus rex
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largest living type of feline, the hybrid of two species
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liger
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mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human
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manticore (or sphinx)
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mythical creature with the body of an apatosaur and the head of a camarasaur
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brontosaurus
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mythical plesiosaur-like creature that lives in a Scottish lake
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Loch Ness Monster
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largest living species of fish (isn't a whale and doesn't eat whales)
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whale shark
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extinct canine species similar to a grey wolf but larger
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dire wolf
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mythical bird large enough to eat a full-grown mastodon
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roc
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heaviest snake, depicted as able to swallow people whole
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anaconda
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large extinct felid genus with distinctive fangs
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saber-toothed cat
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scientific name of that genus, still referring to the fangs
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Smilodon
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mythical creature with the heads of a lion, goat, and serpent
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chimæra
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largest living species of primate
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eastern gorilla
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wild ancestor of domestic cattle, extinct in 1627
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aurochs
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animal species whose population has the highest collective biomass
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antarctic krill
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