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Compared with the usual 'large wombat'-like reconstruction, the Diprotodon from PhP is...slightly uncanny in terms of appearance...

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Thylacoleo is looking incredibly smug today.

'Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster'.

'Hunt for the Oldest DNA'.

'Megafauna: What Killed Australia's Giants'.

'Monsters of the Deep'.

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(No, the accompanying image is a screenshot from #MegafaunaABC and not an official still. There is a small chance that Procoptodon will appear in Evolution with Chris Packham, though.)

Yes, I learned this bit of info from #MegafaunaABC. It could genuinely be a hint at actual Diprotodon behaviour, or perhaps the Yamuti will turn out to be an amalgamation of aboriginal memories of different megafaunal species...Who knows?
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Diprotodon is considered a main inspiration for the Australian aboriginal mythical animal 'Yamuti'. Notably, myths seldom imply human predation of Diprotodon, and portray the Yamuti as something to be feared and avoided...
A marsupial giant with a hippo's attitude?