The Unusual Therizinosaurus: A Plant-Eating Giant

Imagine a dinosaur with claws longer than your entire ARM… and yet it wasn’t even a predator.

This unbelievable creature was Therizinosaurus — one of the strangest dinosaurs ever discovered. Therizinosaurus

lived about 70 million years ago in what is now Mongolia. It stood as tall as a giraffe,

walked on two legs, and had a long neck for grabbing leaves. But its most shocking feature?

Giant 1-metre claws — the longest claws of any animal in history. Even though it looked

terrifying, Therizinosaurus was actually a plant-eater. Scientists think it used those massive

claws to pull down branches, defend itself from predators, or scare anything

that got too close. With a potbelly, feathers, long arms, and monster-sized