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The prehistoric camel that towered over elephants

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Modern camels are already notoriously arrogant spit-machines, so imagine one the size of a two-story building. Titanotylopus was an absolutely gigantic prehistoric camel that easily looked over the heads of ancient elephants. If it had the same miserable attitude as its modern descendants, dealing with it must have been an absolute prehistoric nightmare.

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