Bone diggers : Australia's lost marsupials [DVD] / WGBH Educational Foundation ; a Nova production in association with Storyteller Media Group and the Western Australian Museum ; produced by Clay Bryce and Mike Searle ; produced for Nova by Elizabeth Arledge ; narration written by Elizabeth Arledge ; directed by Ingo Helbig, Clay Bryce, Stuart Scowcroft and Carolyn Bertram.
Special features: Printable materials for educators; access to the Nova web site.
Summary:
A million or more years ago, during the Ice Age, Australia was home to a wide range of extraordinary giant animals. None was quite as bizarre or fearsome as Thylacoleo, the meat-eating marsupial lion. Pound for pound, this creature had the most powerful bite of any mammal, living or extinct. Even though it was at the top of the ancient Australian predators, Thylacoleo was eventually toppled from its throne, dying out along with all the rest of the outsized beasts.
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