Prehistoric Predators - Ep 5 Terror Bird (2009)

Isolated from the rest of the world for millions of years, South America became home to creatures found nowhere else on Earth-and top of the food chain in this strange land were the aptly named Terror Birds. Capable of killing large prey with a single blow from their massive beaks, these feathered fiends were the only birds ever to become top predators on an entire continent.

Travel back in time and go face-to-face with the most ferocious animal giants of the Ice Age. Animals such as the saber-toothed cat, the short-faced bear, and the dire wolf. Brings these lethal creatures to life in a startling portrait of their wild existence and puzzling extinction in the ancient Americas. Learn how these remarkable creatures wielded power over the prehistoric kingdom's largest beasts and how they disappeared. Find out why their smaller, present-day cousins survived. Join leading paleontologists as they uncover fossilized bones of these super-predators, revealing details about their lives and disappearance from the Earth.

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