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Thousands of years ago there were mammoths in Europe. They were animals with very big tusks.
They were very strong. They weren't like the elephants we see today; they were much bigger.
The sabre-toothed tiger was another dangerous animal. Its shape was not the same as a tiger, it was different as it had sharp teeth and it was a more dangerous animal.