The Best: Extinct Animals, From an Elephant Bird to a 10-Foot-Long, Four-Eyed Spider


	The Best: Extinct Animals, From an Elephant Bird to a 10-Foot-Long, Four-Eyed Spider

mbrandewinder

2-2-2008 2:14 PM

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mbrandewinder says:

Some more ugly critters on the original page...

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2-3-2008 8:19 AM

tabsey

Time travellers beware.

2-3-2008 10:47 AM

AcesLucky

I wonder why everything got smaller?

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