The beaver that grew as large as a bear
If modern beavers are nature's annoying little engineers, Castoroides was the industrial wrecking crew. Growing to the size of a black bear, this absolute unit of a rodent possessed terrifyingly massive teeth perfect for absolute deforestation. Thankfully, they went extinct before they could successfully dam the entire continent into an apocalyptic swamp.

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