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Both in 1/35 scale, awesome and both very different animals from very, very different times

Tarbosaurus was roughly 10-12 meters long and anywhere from 4-7 tons - it was less robustly built than its North American cousin Tyrannosaurus Rex although still huge - it had adaptations actually somewhat similar to the huge carcharodontosaurids and was less of a bone crusher when compared to t-Rex (although still would easily EASILY do so) and more of a ripper/bleeder with huge serrated teeth, in fact it had a bite force almost identical to Giganotosaurus at 25,000 newtowns (posterior)

This is not to say that it was allosauroid-like at all though, it was still hugely robust and undoubtedly one of the most fearsome tyrannosaurids ever.

It lived in Mongolia some 70 million years ago and hunted a huge array of animals including sauropods, hadrosaurs, huge omnivorous/herbivorous theropods (deinocheirus/therizinosaurus), ankylosaurs and the list goes on.

Palaeoloxodon Antiquus AKA the Straight Tusked Elephant was one of the largest terrestrial mammals ever, with size estimations up to 15 tons (larger than the average female sperm whale!) it is really only challenged by a few other animals including:

- (its own brother) Palaeoloxodon Namadicus whom reached north of 20 tons! Although this is heavily debated

-Paraceratherium (which also reached north of 20 tons and is again just as controversial here)

- “Mammut Borsoni” AKA Zygolophodon which was an African Mammutid Proboscidean related to the American Mastodon and reached over 16 tons!

These 2 animals peak my interest as not often talked about, giant, INCREDIBLE animals from bygone eras - and my god they are so awesome. The fact that I get to observe them in model forms compared to one another is something that I am truely grateful for!

ALSO if anyone has anymore information on these 2 behemoths please drop a comment id love to learn more!!! :)

u/ILE_j — 11 days ago