Shark, boa, tattoo... millions of years ago, these animals were giant, but how much?

Some animals were larger before Whales, elephants or cachalots are the largest animals of our era. Others are medium-sized or small, far from that of their ancestors. This is the case of orangutan, recognizable by their red hairs. While the males are between 1.10 and 1.40 meters, its ascendant, the gigantopitheque, which lived 100 000 years ago, measured between 3 and 4 meters. Even more impressive, the Titanoboa. This snake, an ancestor of the …