When Australia Had a Dragon — The Titan Lizard Megalania 🦎 Meet Megalania (Varanus priscus) — the giant monitor lizard that once ruled Ice Age Australia. Alive during the Late Pleistocene, Megalania is believed to be the largest terrestrial lizard that ever lived, closely related to today’s Komodo dragon and lace monitor. 🔍 What makes it extraordinary: Estimates place its length between 5–7 metres, with some models suggesting over 600 kg — a true apex predator of Australia’s megafauna. Like mo

Where in Australia have they found nine species of extinct kangaroos? Luke Joseph Ryan (@ljrizzle) ventures deep inside the megafauna burial ground that is the World Heritage-listed Naracoorte Caves. Here complete skeletons of marsupial lions, tiny rodents and enormous kangaroos long extinct, are uncovered and studied all year round. Watch more of this story, #OnlyinOZ Tuesdays 7.30pm AEDT/NZDT on National Geographic http://bit.ly/2PoDTVn #australia #megafauna #megabeasts #marsupials #kangaroo #