Tag Archives: Mylodon

Going underground

Posted on March 4, 2016 by twilightbeasts

South America is a place full of stories about mysterious beasts. Standing seven feet tall, with long red hair and big sharp claws, tales of the mapinguari, have been passed down in South American Indian folklore. An odd tapir/jaguar hybrid … Continue reading →

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Real vampires in South America

Posted on March 5, 2015 by twilightbeasts

Vampires have captivated our imagination for centuries. Despite limited (and fairly predictable) on-screen deaths by stake, sunlight, or a splash of holy water, the sci-fi/horror genre is still going strong (if you ignore the recent Twilight ‘saga’). Old school classics … Continue reading →

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Darwin’s 18 pence

Posted on November 13, 2014 by twilightbeasts

South American Pleistocene beasts were super weird. They owe their peculiar evolution to events that happened deep within the very bowels of the planet, hundreds of millions of years ago. Almost all the land that we know today was squashed together … Continue reading →

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