10 Prehistoric Creatures That Might Be Alive Today!<br />10 Prehistoric Creatures That Might Be Alive Today!<br />Top 5 Best is the #1 place for all your heart warming stories about amazing people that will inspire you everyday. Make sure to subscribe and never miss a single video!<br /><br />Leave a like for more shark tank, pawn stars, dr. phil, and other tv show business content. On Top 5 Best, we like to help you in mindset productivity, whether it's how to make more money videos, or going over the biggest mansions in the world, we show everything here! Make sure to subscribe for more amazing videos everyday!<br /><br />family friendly pg clean<br />10 Prehistoric Creatures That Might Be Alive Today<br />Life on earth goes through a cycle of evolution and extinction, that’s just how the world works.<br />However, dominant a specie might be today, chances are, it will be long gone in a few million years. and live through the various mass extinctions that have happened<br />throughout pre-history and are still alive today. So there’s no reason why these creatures on our list<br />couldn’t have done the same. Today we will be looking at 10 prehistoric creatures that might still be<br />alive today. Do you think Nessie is just a figment of someone’s wild imagination? Stay tuned till number<br />one as it might change your mind.<br /><br />Number 10. The Megatherium<br />When you think of sloths, you likely think of small, slow-moving creatures, but in the Ice Age, there were<br />types of sloths that had much more active and aggressive tendencies. One of the biggest among these<br />were the Megatherium. How big did they get? Well, these ground sloths could actually grow up to 20<br />feet long, which is longer than many land creatures today, including elephants.<br />For all we know, the megatherium went extinct at around 8500 BC, along with other iconic animals such<br />as the Irish Elk and the Saber-toothed Tiger. However, scientists now believe that this giant ground sloth<br />survived in remote areas. While some say for another 5000 years, but others say they may still be<br />roaming unexplored areas of the Amazon until today.<br />Amazon locals often tell tales of the Mapinguary, which is an animal that stands over nine feet tall, with<br />nasty claws, backward-facing feet and an extra mouth on its belly, the terrible beasty would surely send<br />you running for the hills if it didn’t get hold of you first.<br />Though, if accounts of locals are to be believed, you’d likely smell it coming and have ample chance to<br />get away because the Mapinguari is said to give off a horrific scent.<br />It’s alleged to be a carnivore, and has been blamed for devouring herds of cattle, but never has there<br />been a documented assault on a human.<br /><br />Number 9. The Mokele-Mbembe<br />In the swampy jungles of western Africa, reports persist of an elephant-sized creature with smooth,<br />brownish-gray skin, a long, flexible neck, a very long tail as powerful as a crocodile’s, and three-clawed<br />feet the size of frying pans. Over the past three centuries, native Pygmies and Western explorers have<br />told how the
