Q: What are megafauna? A: During the Pleistocene (2.5 million to 11,700 years ago), the world had many examples of large animals that are collectively known as Megafauna. In the Northern Hemisphere this included animals like mammoths and sabertoothed cats, but Australia also had its own unique examples of megafauna including the huge giant goanna Megalania and the wombat-shaped Diprotodon (which can be seen in our Surviving Australia exhibition). This video is a 3D model of a Diprotodon optatum

Huge 200kg birds used to thrive here, so what killed them? Megafauna: What Killed Australia's Giants? – Stream from Tuesday 8pm on ABC iview and ABC TV: https://ab.co/Megafauna | ABC Science

“It would be a crime for science… not to listen to those people.” Megafauna: What Killed Australia's Giants? – Stream now on ABC iview: https://ab.co/Megafauna | ABC Science