Why exactly did dinosaurs become extinct? How was our Earth formed millions and millions of years ago? From the very beginning, Earth and the evolution of its inhabitants have been plagued by continual destruction and chaos.How, out of this cyclical devastation, has human life gotten to where it is today? And could another mass extinction be part of our future? Set against a backdrop of catastrophic events which helped to form the world we live in today, Animal Planet’s new series Animal Armageddon brings to life an unprecedented vision of an ancient planet Earth, chronicling a range of natural disasters which, based on scientific research, could have caused many species of animal and plant-life to become extinct.Animal Armageddon will premiere on Animal Planet from October 19 to October 30 at 8 pm.From a cosmic gamma ray burst bombarding the atmosphere, triggering the very first mass extinction, to an asteroid the size of Mount Everest slamming into the Yucatan, killing off the dinosaurs, these terrible natural events caused unparalleled devastation.Throughout the 600-million-year history of animal existence, some 99.9 per cent of all animal life that has ever lived is now extinct.Animal Armageddon sheds light on the evolution and extinction of these amazing creatures.From giant predatory sea monsters like the straight-shelled nautiloid, to vicious dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurs rex, to giant mammals like the mastodon, the series outlines the impact nature’s wrath had on these animals and the life forms that followed.In one episode, Earth comes under attack when comets create massive explosions of dust and rock, before colliding with a rock the size of Mt Everest, triggering the extinction of dinosaurs.In another episode, disaster strikes again when a volcanic eruption lasting two weeks blocks out the Sun causing temperatures to plunge once again, and a second Ice Age begins.Using cutting edge featurefilm quality CGI animation, the programme creates the most authentic vision of our lost worlds revealing a fascinating story.Animal Armageddon provides an indepth look at ancient Earth’s evolution and the many creatures that inhabited the planet.Because no matter how severe the apocalypse, life on planet Earth survives and, ever resilient, begins again.A reconstructed history of events from the beginning of earth’s existence, the series portrays in vivid detail the devastating chain reaction from pole to pole and drops in sea level killing animals all over the globe.It’s all happened before, it could happen again? Some of the episodes of Animal Armageddon are...Death RaysFour hundred and fifty million years ago, a deadly burst of gamma rays triggered the first mass extinction in the history of planet Earth.The ozone layer was blasted apart, powerful ultraviolet rays from the sun poured in unchecked.The climate was utterly ruined and soon the Earth plummeted into a long, torturous Ice Age.Animals in the ocean were decimated by this horrific disaster and the hunters now became the hunted.Eighty-five percent of animal life — accounting for two-thirds of all species — was wiped out...but all was not lost.Miraculously, the disaster brought hope and renewal.Hell on EarthThe Earth of 377 million years ago was consumed in a volcanic apocalypse caused by a ‘superplume’.Immense volcanic eruptions poisoned the atmosphere, blotted out the sun and caused countless other side effects that resulted in mass death on an unprecedented scale.Life itself was driven to the brink of annihilation.The first large fish to venture onto solid-ground - our ancestors — were hit hard.But remarkably life found a way to survive even though the Earth itself seemed set against it.When the dust settled, the fir st amphibians crawled out of water and inhabited the land.
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