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There's another promotional image of the shark stalking the Apidium as seen here https://i.imgur.com/AV3UxoA.png


* ButtMonkey: Even its only promotional image shows it being devoured by ''Basilosaurus''. Averted during the swamp scene, however, where it gets to kill an ''Apidium''.

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* ButtMonkey: Even its only promotional image shows it being devoured Zigzagged. Though it's shown [[TheWorfEffect worfed]] by ''Basilosaurus''. Averted during a ''Basilosaurus'' at the swamp scene, however, where it gets beginning of the episode and said to kill an ''Apidium''.avoid the ''Moeritherium'', they're still portrayed as a dangerous predator to smaller animals, as one of the ''Apidium'' from the mangroves finds the hard way.



* OvershadowedByAwesome: The sharks are portrayed as fearsome, competent predators in the episode, but next to the huge ''Basilosaurus'' they look way less impressive.



* ThreateningShark: Subverted, although played straight in the mangroves, where one devours a monkey.

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* ThreateningShark: Subverted, although played straight Zigzagged. Although they're no match for the ''Basilosaurus'', they're still competent predators on their own right, with one shark in the mangroves, where one devours a monkey.mangroves managing to predate an ''Apidium'' in the blink of an eye.



* TheWorfEffect: Eaten by the ''Basilosaurus'' in its [[EstablishingCharacterMoment very first scene]]. Also shown to avoid ''Moeritherium'', due to them being too large to hunt.

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* TheWorfEffect: Eaten by the ''Basilosaurus'' in its [[EstablishingCharacterMoment very first scene]].scene]] after the narration says that sharks remained the rulers of the oceans for nearly 25 million years after the extinction of the giant marine reptiles of the Mesozoic. Also shown to avoid ''Moeritherium'', due to them being too large to hunt.
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Added the previous entry as a note, as it's fairly irrelevant to the woolly rhino of the episode.


* DumbMuscle: Rhinos have the undeserved fame to be stupid brutes. In zoos and in the wild, they have shown to be smarter than once thought, and careful with their young.

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* DumbMuscle: Rhinos Zigzagged. It's shown to attack a Neanderthal minding his own business without provocation, but the males also solve territorial disputes peacefully. [[note]]Rhinos have the undeserved fame to be stupid brutes. In zoos and in the wild, they have shown to be smarter than once thought, and careful with their young.young[[/note]]
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* ButtMonkey: The poor whale has horrible luck through the episode, failing twice to catch prey and then, when things were looking better for him after it catches a small mammal during the night, he's killed by the poisonous gasses from the nearby lake after a violent earthquake releases them.
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* BarbaricBully: A realistic example, as at the end of the day it's just an animal with no morality. The episode depicts the entelodont as a large, oportunistic animal with an intimidating appearance who harass others to get resources more easily and is even referred by the narrationa s "the bully from the plains".

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* BarbaricBully: A realistic example, as at the end of the day it's just an animal with no morality. The episode depicts the entelodont as a large, oportunistic animal with an intimidating appearance who harass others to get resources more easily and is even referred by the narrationa s narration as "the bully from the plains".

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* TheDreaded: Their aggressive behavior and huge size makes practically all animals from the zone to fear and avoid them. Even the gigantic indricothere bails after seeing a fight of two individuals, not wanting to get involved in the confrontation.



* EnemyMine: Entelodonts in the documentary are portrayed as highly aggressive animals that don't tolerate even themselves (as the narration puts it, they're "their own worst enemy"). However, there are occassions where they temporarily form small gangs in order to bully other carnivores from their prey, as one ''Hyaenodon'' learns the hard way.



* LightningBruiser: Despite its size, it is shown to be fast and nimble in the confrontation with the ''Hyaenodon'' Modern wild Boara also are such. But unlike them, it's improbabile they had the typical piglike tubular nose.

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* LightningBruiser: Despite its size, it is shown to be fast and nimble in the confrontation with the ''Hyaenodon'' ''Hyaenodon''. Modern wild Boara boars also are such. But unlike them, it's improbabile they had the typical piglike tubular nose.


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* RedIsViolent: Their forehead is depicted with a vibrant light red color that enhances their hyper aggressive nature and makes them look more imposing.

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