It’s hard imagine the Florida of millions of years ago until
you’re walking on a beach and stumble upon an enormous
prehistoric shark tooth. What once roamed these lands? Was
Tyrannosaurus rex tromping through the woods hunting for prey
while brachiosaurs munched leaves off nearby trees? Actually no,
back then Florida was underwater.  Once Florida as we know it
emerged from the receding waters about 25 million years ago it
became inhabited by various types of creatures. I wasn’t kidding
about those enormous shark teeth, there was Megalodon whose name
literally means “giant tooth,” with teeth about seven inches
long. Moving into the woods, there were giant sloths called
Megatherium hanging about that happened to be bigger than Woolly
Mammoths. Running free on the plains were horses ranging from
the size of deer to the size of a modern Clydesdale. They would
have had to outrun several types of large cats ranging from the
lion-like Barbourofelis to the saber-toothed Smilodon (which
would go so far as to pounce a