Trust us, if these prehistoric animals were still alive today? You would want to keep your distance!
Entelodonts earned their nicknames "Hell Pig" and "Terminator Pig" for being aggressive hunters and scavengers. Entelodonts were one of the top predators back when they prowled prehistoric North America around 38 million years ago. The Daeodon is the largest known species of the Entelodont family, reaching upwards of around 1,500 pounds!
Host Andrew and the ETV crew travel up to the Museum of York County, in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Special guest Curator of Natural History Dr. Steve Fields and the museum's own 1:1 scale replica of a Daeodon join the show to "dig up" the history of these nightmarish looking "Hell Hawgs"!
Curiosity Trek! tells the stories of historic people and events through the artifacts left behind. The series highlights more than just objects of significant historical value but also the strange and the bizarre! The people tied to these objects may be gone, but their stories live on through these artifacts.
