Borisyakia: illogical and frightening experiments of nature (6 photos)

When examples of the connection of the incompatible are found in living nature, it fascinates and even frightens. As in the case of such non-standard being.





This is not the product of someone's sick fantasy and not the result photoshop. Borisyakia is the result of bold experiments of nature, reminiscent of the image obtained thanks to children's blocks, on which are drawn parts of different animals. Borisyakia clearly has a horse basis, there are pronounced bearish elements. And also in the games of transformation this large representative of the chalicotherium family was clearly accepted participation monkeys, rhinos, kangaroos, giraffes. And it seems even a little sloth lit up.



A wonderful little animal lived on the territory of modern Kazakhstan in the Oligocene era, could boast of a height at the withers of the order 2.5 meters and had massive front paws with impressive claws. But the claws only on the reconstruction look scary. IN in reality, these are more modified hooves (borisyakia - odd-toed ungulates, like tapir, zebra or rhinoceros).



And specific paws the creature used to feed. Also specific: the ancient chimera rose on its hind legs, clung with claws-hooves to the bark of a tree. And nothing stopped her methodically eat all edible parts. Borisyakia - classic herbivores whose diet consisted of leaves, fruits, twigs, bark, seeds and other things. What explains the horse's head shape - to get and chew food comfortable.



Alexey Alekseevich Borisyak

This explanation based on the animal skeleton put forward famous Soviet paleontologist Aleksey Alekseevich Borisyak, in honor of whose creation got its name.



Borisyakia disappeared from the face of the Earth approximately 781,000 years ago. The reason could be both climate change and the entry into the arena of our upright ancestors. Clumsy and overweight giants could do nothing to oppose the weak, but nimble lively, who have mastered a simple science bombarding a tasty object with cobblestones. Or maybe they just came time.



But in any case, this strange in modern terms, but logical for its era, a form of life was actually generated environment and the laws of physics and chemistry, and was not the result of the jokes of nature.