Bizarre Archaeological Finds That Still Baffle Scientists Today

Giant Wombats

In 1993, an Australian archaeologist dug up a mass grave that was full of enormous lizards and fossilized wombat bones. These wombats have never been discovered anywhere else on Earth. The projected weight of one of these creatures is around 3.1 tons, which is roughly the weight of three Honda Civics stacked on top of one another.

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