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Absolutely cooked (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

~~Someone has the original image? The descriptions aren't legible.~~

Edit: the scale is way off.

realistic scale

Paraceratherium for comparison

[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I think it's legit. Some of the big bois had shoulder heights of 4-5 meters, and if the human depicted is 1.5~1.75 meters, it looks ok.