Prehistoric animal appreciation thread!

[BreweryYardRat]

Scale depiction of a Miocene teratorn from South America, Argentavis magnificens. Wingspan: 25 feet.


Short-Faced Bear, Arctodus simus. Pleistocene North America. Stood 5 to 5.5 feet at the shoulder on all fours, 10 feet high when rearing up on its hind legs.

[qnr]

1. Wonder how many complete pages you could write per dip with one of

those quills?

[BreweryYardRat]

2. 5 foot quill.

Quite a lot, probably.

[qnr]

3. I just saw that /Argentavis magnificens/ on a site the other day. No idea

what I was looking at that would bring it up.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

4. Kinda gives a new twist to "as the crow flies"...

Those are great!

Here's Eohippus:

[NMMNG]

5. The Wooly Mammoth

Roamed the plains of the icy northern continents for nearly two million years before becoming extinct roughly 10,000 years ago.

[FuzzySlippers]

6. What could be cooler than a furry elephant?

:thumbsup:

[NMMNG]

7. Don't go forth when the Mammoths go North.

:-)

[gr8dane_daddy]

8. Doh!

[Broken_Hero]

9. I've always been a fan of dinosaurs...

Triceratops being my favorite...:) And Sabertooth tigers being my second...:)

[BreweryYardRat]

10. I'm going to nitpick a little here...

I know you just classed sabertooths in under dinosaurs to save time, but I've met folks who would get snippy with you for that.

Also...