How Long You’d Last Dropped Anywhere in Prehistoric Australia

How long would you last if you were dropped anywhere in prehistoric Australia? An inland sea ruled by a 34-foot marine reptile. A dinosaur forest inside the Antarctic Circle. A rainforest with predators in the trees. And an Ice Age Outback full of giant kangaroos. This video runs the clock in four lost versions of Australia, and shows why the thing that kills you is rarely the biggest animal. In this video: the Eromanga Sea and Kronosaurus, Australovenator ("Banjo") and Diamantinasaurus, the polar dinosaurs of Victoria, Riversleigh's drop crocs, the Demon Duck of Doom and tree-hunting marsupial lions, Procoptodon the giant kangaroo, and Propleopus the killer kangaroo. CHAPTERS What we're dealing with Drop one: the sea and the shore Drop two: polar Victoria Drop three: the Riversleigh rainforest Drop four: the Ice Age Outback The ranking SOURCES Kronosaurus, size and diet (Australian Geographic): https://www.australiangeographic.com.... Ichthyosaur that ate a pterosaur, 2026 study (Nautilus): https://nautil.us/this-ichthyosaur-ch... The Eromanga Sea and its marine reptiles (Queensland Museum): https://www.museum.qld.gov.au/collect... Australovenator and Diamantinasaurus (Queensland Museum): https://museum.qld.gov.au/learn-and-d... Polar dinosaurs (Smithsonian Magazine): https://www.smithsonianmag.com/scienc... Riversleigh fossils, drop crocs and Fangaroo (UNSW): https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news... Procoptodon goliah, the giant short-faced kangaroo (Australian Museum): https://australian.museum/learn/austr... Propleopus, the giant rat-kangaroo (NOVA): https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bonedig... The survival times in this video are estimates, not records. Footage and illustrations are used for illustration only. Figures are drawn from the sources above and may vary slightly between reports. Subscribe to Beyond the Bush for more of Australia's strangest stories. Where should we drop you next? Tell me in the comments. #PrehistoricAustralia #Australia #Dinosaurs