People Should Be Glad These Animals Are Extinct

Extinct, But Not Forgotten

We humans have a very comfortable lifestyle in the 21st century. But if we were around for half of these extinct animals, we doubt we’d exist today. Here are some scary animals we’re glad don’t exist anymore.

Short-Faced Bear

The Short-Faced Bear was the largest bear species to have ever lived. The smallest ones in North America are said to have weighed around 2,000 pounds! That’s 25% more than the largest polar bear.

What’s scarier is that they had an incredible bite force due to their size and short jaws.

Smilodon

As far as extinct animals go, Smilodon is infamous. The enormous cat hunted in packs and only went extinct 13,000 years ago, that not that long in the grand scale of things.

The carnivore had a set of 6-inch canines that were permanently out of its mouth due to their sheer size.