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#BeastAdventCalendar Day 3:
The giant ground sloth, Mylodon, discovered by Charles Darwin on his treks across South America.
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(Art @TabithaPaterson)
Charles Darwin described these as the "strangest animals" when he sent their fossils back from South America.
(Image L: @TabithaPaterson; R: Peter Schouten)
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It's Monday. It's #MammothMonday. Here's a little history of mammoths. (Art by @TabithaPaterson)
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Our ancestors would have seen the last Chalicotheres, on the grasslands in Africa. (Art @TabithaPaterson)
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6 years ago today, we published our very first post. @DeepFriedDNA introduces you to the British sabretooth cat with art by @TabithaPaterson https://t.co/zos4hlyWL5
Funky weird. Macrauchenia were such amazingly weird animals that lived in South America until just around 15,000 years ago. (Art @TabithaPaterson) https://t.co/wOPZQwDvOg
Terror birds!! They were taller than a human! (Image from Degrange, et al. 2010) https://t.co/y0OYAbHLRm
Chalioctheres were weird. Kind of a mash up between a gorilla and a horse!! (Art @TabithaPaterson) https://t.co/8EtZrpEPrY
The giant beaver. OF BRITAIN!!!! (Art E. T. Newton) https://t.co/cJbXUcvJw8
Giant ground sloths were pretty amazing creatures! Charles Darwin was the first European to find fossils of this beast, Mylodon. (Art @TabithaPaterson) https://t.co/0PQ2E3sldI