GREAT SLOTH BEAST
MEGATHERIUM
Pronounced: meg-a-THEE-ree-um
Literally, “great beast”Megatherium was the largest of the ground sloths, and although apparently very awkward and slow-witted, his great size and strength protected him from the large meat-eaters of his time. He lived during the Pleistocene epoch which began 1 million years ago.
Thunderbeast Park - Hiway 97 - Chiloquin, Ore.
Illlustration from Naaukeurige en uitvoerige beschryving van kaap de Goede Hoop by Peter Kolbe, 1727
54 x 72 cm Untitled Ambrotype #19-27
“Join, or Die” political cartoon attributed to Benjamin Franklin and published in The Pennsylvania Gazette, May 9, 1754.
Rhinoceros illustration from Naaukeurige en uitvoerige beschryving van kaap de Goede Hoop by Peter Kolbe, 1727
Goodbye and thank you, Ray Harryhausen (June 29, 1920 – May 7, 2013)
Africanis 8. Barkly East, 5 July 2008, Daniel Naudé
“While taking his initial series of Africanis portraits, the quote by Franz Kafka: ‘All knowledge, the totality of all questions and all answers, is contained in the dog’, resonated in his mind.”
A young alligator; The cat fish of Cape Verde; The requien or shark. (Oct. 1739)
Alligator mississippiensis, alligator. (1884-1885)
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Spanky
