Synopsis
25 million years ago in the Oligocene Epoch lived the Indricotheres. Weighing 15 tonnes and standing 7 metres tall, they were the largest land mammals of all time.
- Programme: Walking with Beasts
- Series: 1
- Episode: Land of Giants
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2001
- Science | Evolution
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