Gunnison Valley News | 1921-12-16 | Page 3 | Battle-Battered Monster

Battle-Battered Monster. The Curators of the Launeoston and Tasmanlan museums have presented pre-sented the Royal Society of Tasmania preliminary account of a nearly complete com-plete skeleton of a gigantic extinct monster, recently discovered In the pleistocene beds of Tasmania. The animal was as large as I he largest existing rhinoceros. The new discovery dis-covery shows clearly that It was a rhinoceros-like animal, wllh a skull built for aggressive warfare, and at least one powerful horn on the snouL Evidence of the gigantic battles In which this animal engaged Is to lie found in the complete smashing and partial mending of the collar-bone, and m the crushing and subsequent repair of the bones of the nose anl snout.