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Preview | Graveyard of the Giant Beasts

Follow scientists trying to determine which giant animal was the apex predator

Aired 11/02/2016 | Rating NR

Secrets of the Dead

Preview | Graveyard of the Giant Beasts

Preview: Season 15 Episode 5 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions

Follow scientists trying to determine which giant animal was the apex predator

A mining operation in Cerrejon, Northern Colombia, opened a window onto a previously unknown period of the earth’s history and a world teeming with giant creatures emerged. The biggest of all was Titanoboa a 43-foot snake, the largest that ever lived. But new discoveries in Cerrejon suggest that Titanoboa’s rule was challenged by a giant crocodilian.

Aired 11/02/2016 | Rating NR

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Bite Force of the Cerrejón Crocodile

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Scientists estimate the power of the Cerrejón crocodile's monstrous bite (3m 3s)

Discovery of the Giant Snake, Titanoboa

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Experts examined the bones of a giant snake they discovered at the Cerrejón mine. (3m 39s)

Which Giant Animal Was the Apex Predator?

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Follow scientists trying to determine which giant animal was the apex predator (1m 33s)

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