The Island of Huge Hamsters and Giant Owls

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Back in the late Miocene epoch, there was an island--or maybe a group of islands-- in the Mediterranean Sea that was populated with fantastic giant beasts. It’s a lesson in the very strange, but very real, powers of natural selection.
Thank you to these paleoartists for allowing us to use their wonderful illustrations:
Franz Anthony: 252mya.com/gallery/franz-anthony
Stanton Fink: www.deviantart.com/avancna
Julio Lacerda: 252mya.com/gallery/julio-lacerda
Nobu Tamura: spinops.blogspot.com/
Ceri Thomas: / alphynix
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[@FxUxCxMx]

All of these ancient fauna would be killer as pokemon evolutions

[@kingsrook9866]

I mean Decidueye already exists, as does Sandslash for that matter

[@spacetoon6ok]

Exactly a Pokémon island

[@ksoundkaiju9256]

@@spacetoon6ok *Cough* ALOLA *Cough*

[@ksoundkaiju9256]

@Will Pack or a sabertooth Raikou is the only one we have

[@MidoriNatsume]

Well, we still don't have a Land Based Giant Goose. That's a crime against Poke-humanity.

[@ipercalisse579]

That little hamster sailing at 5:19 with his ship is so powerful and cute I want a movie about him

[@Solomon0424]

That was a degu ( I think)

[@theubiquitouspotato]

He's sim Peggs Character in ice age.

[@TiagoTiagoT]

That 5-horn deer looks surreal, like if they didn't assemble the skeleton correctly or something...

[@johnwang9914]

Pretty hard to assemble a skull wrong, there's only so many ways the jawbone could fit the skull, the rest of the pieces are pretty much stuck together.

[@JoePNG.]

@@johnwang9914 They've done it before. It's not that hard, honestly.

[@JubioHDX]

@@johnwang9914 you would be shocked if you saw how badly we have reassembled fossils in the past😂

[@johnwang9914]

@@JubioHDX Yes, the elephant skeletons that were reassembled as Cyclops by people who didn't know that elephants or wooly mammoths existed but it is hard to assemble the jaw to a skull wrong as it is a very common feature of skulls so your comment doesn't really apply.

[@zakm9574]

"Alarmly big hamsters" - best line made me chuckle.

[@WhoTheHellIsHarvy]

"water-birds that could neither fly nor swim" What a massive failure of existence lol

[@doodle_freak]

They are water birds, however they cannot water nor can they bird, a truly sad existence

[@les_frozt]

Yes, unfortunately for us they became giant man eating dodos. We ended up being the prey of the Terror Birds.

[@alexprakash7867]

No better then CJ from gta

[@babyccinoau1321]

Who The Hell Is Harvy there is another name for it: an emu

[@WhoTheHellIsHarvy]

@@babyccinoau1321 Do emus spend a lot of time in/around water? Only ever seen them running about (and into things!) on wide open land. ever seen Steve Irwin talk about emus? cracks me up every time

[@GetMeThere1]

It's hard to over-estimate just how great this channel is, and what a really EXCELLENT use of public funds for education it is.

[@Viatoreptil]

So are Komodo dragons an example of island gigantism evolving from smaller monitors or an example of island dwarfism evolving from the giant Megalania?

[@Alexjholt2]

Depending on whether or not Megalania is a direct ancester of the komodo dragons or not, could technically be both. Australia is geographically separated from Asia in such a way that it was and is evolutionarily separated (hence marsupials) which would allow Megalania to get to the size it did without competing with big placental carnivores, and so a form of island gigantism. If then megalania or it's ancestors colonised Komodo etc, different pressures leading to insular dwarfism might then apply. Essentially, Komodo Dragons may be miniature giant monitor lizards.

[@curts7801]

More likely, megalania and the komodo dragon are related, rather than directly descended. I would say the Komodo dragon is an example of gigantism, and megalania an example of horrifyingly extreme gigantism. To drastically oversimplify things, Australia has an island effect, allowing two reptiles to take over as apex predators, with megalania taking the terrestrial systems, and saltwater crocodiles taking the waterways. The emu and cassowary set this further, and the diversity and size of the marsupials setting the final piece of proof. Once again, this has all been oversimplified, but it “answers” whether the 2 monitor species are examples of gigantism vs dwarfism.

[@UrbanDanceLegends]

@@curts7801 Megalania and Quinkana both terrorized the terrestrial fauna

[@raiderj4887]

Yes they are an example of this

[@mattmorehouse9685]

@@Alexjholt2 Ah yes, and they eat the miniature giant space hamsters that were stranded from the Pleiades. Which is why said hamsters have evolved to go for the eyes.

[@grumpyginger99]

How about a video about genetic bottlenecks in species like cheetahs

[@KhanMann66]

Throw humans in there too.

[@David-ni5hj]

Grumpy Ginger what is that?

[@grumpyginger99]

@@David-ni5hj It's what happens when a majority of a species dies out but a small number survive or when populations become isolated from others. This means that even if the specie's population numbers bounces back they now have a much lower level of genetic diversity than before with all the attendant problems that comes with that.

[@blobbertmcblob4888]

@@grumpyginger99 There was something else that that happened to as well, I just can't remember what it was at the moment.

[@kaiquebarbarito]

@@blobbertmcblob4888 there was a genetic bottleneck in our species too, the Toba Eruption, around 70k years BC.

[@nakenmil]

The original Italians were truly odd.

[@Pilgrim98]

Implying we're not odd anymore?

[@Moses_VII]

@@Pilgrim98 are u real Italian or is it because you're Waluigi?

[@Pilgrim98]

@@Moses_VII Actually both.

[@jocelyn7009]

We’ve always been weird lol

[@momon969]

I'm German, and I challenge you to a weird-off!

[@nixxin6988]

*and island of giant hamsters* Me- how do i get there?

[@marcopanzironi6612]

Tekasaur two things; a ticket for Italy and a Time machine

[@Bananarenana]

@Jasper Hamilton People who hate hamsters have no idea how to care for them properly or understand that they are solitary animals lmaooo. Blame yourself for not knowing how to care for them, not blame them for being scared of you and being mistreated

[@sleinzer2302]

@Jasper Hamilton it takes a lot to aggravate a hamster and it takes a special kind of idiot to then blame them for feeling threatened.

[@beze9632]

@Jasper Hamilton I've kept dwarf hamsters for ages, and they're one if the sweetest animals. The problem is with you.

[@pizzahutofficial2756]

@Jasper Hamilton hamsters are super sweet, they just get scared of humans. If you make it mad then that means you have repeatedly done something wrong in a short amount of time. You are the problem not them

[@GageoftheJungle]

how about a video of when humans first started domesticating other animals?

[@AurelUrban]

follow up: relationships between animal species similar to humans domesticating animals

[@UGMD]

I don’t think they’re doing videos on events after the ice age

[@BoRickersonMcFoosters]

Nomadic African tribes have been domesticating camels goats and sheep for just about as long as anyone can remember humans have practically always been involved in some sort of animal domestication throughout history

[@jj-qr4ro]

I’m a paleoanthropologist and one of the main theories one of my colleagues worked on was that people didn’t start domesticating animals out of necessity but through pets. We found a bobcat with a “necklace” on it, people buried with pets, it’s real interesting. Check it out

[@GageoftheJungle]

@@jj-qr4ro can you find me the study? i would be absolutely thrilled to check it out.

[@BJETNT]

I just want to say I can't get enough of these type of programs They keep me from pulling my hair out when I'm on drives that are 30 minutes or longer. It's nice getting an education on something I actually want to learn about in a way like this. Thank you so much keep up the good work

[@madam_mim]

Funny how these gargantuan animals are from ... Gargano. Eh? Eh? I'll see myself out.

[@tactic34wot52]

No stay, I let you live long you make more puns

[@thefreakmachine]

This pun has deemed worthy of one internet. Italy approves.

[@feraligodzilla5390]

No. You deserve a medal.

[@eymannassole6162]

Don't forget your coat...

[@EvoPulpPatriot]

hopefully that wont be in the fossil record

[@tatianasearle3470]

2 fun facts you could have mentioned: 1. It is likely that dwarf elephant sculls are responsible for the Cyclops legend - the Greeks mistook the trunk hole for an eye socket. 2. The dodo was the world's largest pigeon!

[@pokoirlyase5931]

And some traders gave a pigmy mammouth as a gift to a pharaon

[@doom1894]

You're wrong

[@alexshannon7987]

Tatiana Searle 1. May have inspired the Greeks to create these myths, but they were not seen as cyclops

[@jameswaber6566]

the older civilizations had no advanced science to explain certain things-thats why mythologies and holy writ were used - think about it, pigs are "unclean" says God himself, why? because something keeps killing people and we don't know what it is (i.e. pig-to-human disease or undercooked/rotten food) and thus

[@jameswaber6566]

@Bort Stimpton ok, and why is that important for discussion of 2000 year old belief?

[@Zeuseides]

A penguin origin story would be pretty neat, I've been loving every of this channel so far, thank you for doing this

[@ScottLahteine]

Wesley! What about the R.O.U.S.'s? Rodents Of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist.

[@nmheath03]

Phoberomys pattersoni, a real life R.O.U.S.

[@ryandika7443]

Capybara?

[@CynBH]

I knew there had to be at least ONE other person who immediately thought of the R.O.U.S. 😃

[@carlyblack42]

Lol!

[@powpuck5031]

.... Hamsters are rodents

[@Verisky1]

Can you guys do a video about convergent evolution between placental vs marsupial mammals?

[@tbirdky]

"The perfect video title doesn't exi..."

[@alicewilloughby4318]

They were??

[@gorgeous1fangirl]

This is one of my favorite channels because it reminds me of when I would only watch animal planet when I was little

[@flickcine]

Woaaaaaaah, the Hoplitomeryx looks so cool!!

[@roku3216]

I hate how it makes me think it would be a great Pokemon.

[@Phlebas]

Makes me think of something out of a Dungeons and Dragons bestiary. It's a _helldeer!_

[@walterbrooks2329]

named after the Hoplite soldiers of ancient Greece?

[@steppenhenge]

@@walterbrooks2329 I'd imagine, since they were usually shield and spearmen in phalanx, so all in close formation with spears poking above, like the horns look

[@KuK137]

But the fact it went extinct just before humans arrived is pretty sad. It would be nice to see live one :(

[@cherrykirsche6704]

I love her voice so much, and her necklace is super cute and fitting for the show!!

[@zo4050]

“Hedgehog-like animals that’s as big as house cats” shows picture of opossum

[@fusionart4377]

Beat me to it... by a year. Why did this just pop in my recommended 🤦

[@kage1983]

More like a shrew

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

@@kage1983 nah, that was *definitely* an opossum! I've seen both, many times, and seen opossums up close and personal (and they're not a friendly animal). I am *absolutely certain* that looked like a striped opossum.

[@bryanjensen300]

Couldn't help but notice

[@Octochiken]

That's the hedgehog

[@fabiol1107]

I live in Gargano area and I've never heard of these peculiar beasts that populated my region Puglia before, thanks Eons for this amazingly interesting videos!

[@parichehrmhrpyn964]

One of the things i love about Eons is those fantastic arts!

[@mirza6399]

That hedgehog kinds looks like a opossum. 🤣

[@CerealKiller420]

Jeeze, I've never wanted to pet so many prehistoric animals from one video before! It really makes you wonder how many other fabulous island fossil beds are waiting to be discovered on mainland coasts around the world.

[@PuzzleQodec]

Really? I'd stay miles away from those colossal ducks and bloodthirsty rodents, brrrr. Otherwise, totally agreed.

[@risingmagpie9199]

@@PuzzleQodec Agreed. We are talking about a big giant ducks that like beating multi-horned deers.

[@JubioHDX]

@@PuzzleQodec the biggest rodents today are capybara, and theyre like the chillest animal around (unless theres a jaguar or adult caiman in the water lol)

[@slwrabbits]

​@@JubioHDXI have clearly met different capybaras from you, and possibly the rest of the world. I know them as angry, violent animals with giant teeth.

[@colebaxter8597]

If time travel is ever possible, this is the kind of thing I want to see. Forget human history

[@nyctoya]

Fascinating. I love the episode. One question, 12:18 Does "Steve" not have a last name?

[@scene6289]

That sabertoothed fanged,5 horned dear looks awesome

[@MrBlack0950]

Ive watched this video dozens of times, and will probably keep coming back. Videos like this are amazing at explaining evolutionary phenomena like radial adaptation or foster's rule. Thank you for these videos

[@zhouyangyou2042]

Foster's Rule or the Island Rule has many exceptions like Sri Lanka elephants and Kodiak bears. Many scientists like Shai Meiri doubt the generality of the Island Rule.

[@Mrfixit84]

More like Sauron deer. We remain lucky it had no fingers for rings.

[@rabbiqa]

How the hell does unicorns not exist but we have Hoplitomeryx over here struttin around with 5 horns

[@ekosubandie2094]

well there is Elasmotherium, though they're rhinos not horse still, they're the closest we can get to real life unicorn

[@RenegadeShepard69]

Maybe a similarly-looking animal that we still haven't found any fossil? I'm not sure but most mythological creatures are variations on once existing freaky animals so maybe we'll still discover the inspiration to the unicorn.

[@Ryliath]

Starving rhinoceros?

[@rabbiqa]

@@RenegadeShepard69 Probably just some dude that saw a glimse of a deer that had one horn since giants were based of elephant skulls and dragons were based off dinosaur fossils

[@rabbiqa]

@@Ryliath Rhinoceros' have two horns but close enough 😂

[@blakearchibald7587]

Dinogalerix is actually a skeever from skyrim...y'all can't fool me

[@Maggerama]

Deers with fangs and giant geese. Sounds like Hell to me.

[@johnhbaumgaertner8948]

Deer with fangs exist today. Not with five horns though. They aren't hellish but they do have a strong odor.

[@Maggerama]

@@johnhbaumgaertner8948 Well, at least one could smell them coming.

[@KhanMann66]

Unfortunately Musk Deers are endangered due to over hunting for their musk glands.

[@risingmagpie9199]

Don't forgive the bloody 15 kilos hedgehog

[@Maggerama]

@@risingmagpie9199 That bastard!

[@Sa-fd7ih]

I would love to see this lady host more videos. Her clear pronunciations and tone are so pleasant to listen to 💖

[@Fede_99]

Wow, I'm from Italy and I've never heard of this creatures (except for Deinogalerix), thank you, awesome video

[@MisterSiza78]

When pokemons ruled the earth.

[@tompatterson1548]

Asmin Siza more like the island of the RUS

[@Moowe291]

WE ALL LIVE..IN A POKEMON WORLD! (PO-KE-MON!)

[@515leopard]

A video on the evolution and domestication of rabbits! I think it’d be interesting

[@rockinrich8]

Achillesisbae yes!! I would love to see that

[@Falcon-ug5sk]

I am impressed at how well you put these videos together. Also, the detailed research you share in every video! Thank you 😊 😎👍

[@MikeSlansky]

Rodents of unusual size? I don't think they exist.

[@quintonblackburn3916]

*mauled by a giant rat*

[@ramon7741]

Blondie

[@kyle18934]

If the ground has flames shooting out of holes and quicksand interspersed giant rats would also make sense. Icing on the monster cake

[@kyle18934]

Ps. I love that movie

[@randomgirl3396]

What you think the bones come from rhinos? Lol

[@3rdmonocle789]

Hold On, Supersized hedgehogs? So that's how the 2019 Sonic movie happened. Paramount are time lords.

[@UniverseKeeper2]

"and super sized hedgehogs" *proceeds to show illustration of opossum*

[@drmatchosnus4057]

big Fail

[@yongelehpant1529]

Make a video on the evolution of armoured mammals like pangolins and armadillos.

[@DIEKALSTER8]

Such an awesome channel! What I would really like to see is a series of videos about the emergence of families of mammalian animals after the KT event and how they got to diverge over the, you guessed it, Eons. Would be so awesome!

[@Blitzo2876]

Seriously I love her voice!

[@GobPalRosieVT]

I never got to learn about evolution in school, so these videos are making me very happy! Thanks for all your hard work!

[@maxvanbreemen]

Roselia Rothwell then you missed out, its a really fun subject :D if i may give you a search tip try - darwins finches - thats evolution at its finests.

[@Chiefqueef91]

Where did you go to school

[@GobPalRosieVT]

@@Chiefqueef91 A real weird private school.

[@DeRien8]

Soundfield is awesome! Glad you're plugging it here.

[@bobkob]

great videos, I’m very glad I found this channel! I have a Robo hamster and was always interested in the prehistoric hamsters of which I haven’t heard much on hamsters in prehistoric times. off subject, I suggest subjects like the reptiles on New Caledonia animals like the Crested gecko

[@TheDinosaurus99]

evolution of pinnipeds please

[@skalvar]

"The Island of Huge Hamsters and Giant Owls " could be the title of some kids show

[@davidkuhn8946]

Of all the Eons videos I have watched. This has to be the most interesting. Great job.

[@jeremiahblum7833]

It's so cool finding stuff like this on the internet. Way better than cat videos

[@tardarsauce3355]

Thanks for the video PBS Eons! The animals here were super cute!

[@luigi1456]

It's amazing that over time, things evolve into the same things.

[@Garrett_Rowland]

Wasn't expecting Nahre Sol to pop up at the end of a PBS Eons video, but it's a welcome surprise to see the relationship. I had heard about Soundfield, but I guess I never realized it was under the PBS umbrella.

[@Sipushka24]

I wish I could hug a gigantic owl, such an enormous body of fluff! So poofy! This bird is a ferocious predator, but this doesn't make it less fluffy.

[@SoundFieldPBS]

Thanks for the love Eons!!!!! 💕💗💖💓💞💘💕

[@jaram2369]

I just found this channel, which I love by the way! I've learned so much more about geological history and evolution that my school never even covered sadly... Maybe there is an episode of this already but I'd be interested if you guys did a video of traits and adaptations that we have either lost or gained from early humans to the present and how our current lifestyle could be changing us compared to how our early ancestors lived.

[@Golas23rd]

I've spent the last 3 months binge watching every episode of Eons, and I've finally reached the current videos! It's been great, keep up the amazing work! :)

[@heinuchung8680]

Great 👍🏻 keep learning

[@victorrojas1412]

I love your episodes! Thank you PBS Eons

[@lethiac698]

This new sound show looks DOPE! I'ma check it out

[@aaronfaucett6442]

It's interesting how they all evolve to grow to the same size together. They are all forced to the extremely large or small sizes through competition and if that is removed, theoretically, all animals world "try" to be the same size through evolution

[@zendehart9816]

Anyone else want a giant owl? Witches familiar lol

[@glenngriffon8032]

I adore owls. The bigger the better. I dream of one day visiting Japan's Owl Cafe.

[@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat]

I prefer rodent familiars. Owls can fly but are too big to easily hide or slip out of cages. Rodents you can hide in clothes or just hide in small crevices. Owls are much more obvious targets for people wanting to take a witch out of a fight than rodent familiars. We are talking about dnd right?

[@isaiaha4647]

I feel so smart now. thank you pbs eons.

[@hollyodii5969]

The big and small of it all! Love it Eons.

[@JeremyBowkett]

Thanks, Dr. Moore & PBS Eons, for information about Foster's Rule. I've wondered about the seeming contradiction that island biospheres can give rise to insular dwarfism like pygmy mammoths or, perhaps, Homo floresiensis, and, yet, the gigantism of creatures like the giant flightless Hawaiian duck that humans would have encountered when making first landfall.

[@lonjohnson5161]

Have you done one on the Mediterranean Desert yet?

[@UpcycleElectronics]

The animals of tropical Sahara.

[@embe1]

Yes please!

[@randomgirl3396]

The animals of there are desert and Serengeti animals and maybe sparsely forested areas around the nile

[@UpcycleElectronics]

@@randomgirl3396 Not always. It has been tropical and wet several times in the deep past :-)

[@porschecollector727]

So when can I finally order a huge hamster and a dwarf mammoth with a stamp "Made in China" on them?

[@flopdudegaming7443]

Porsche Collector wait, let’s say 50 years. You will get a discount of 50%

[@Ben-lh2kd]

I think a video on the evolutionary history of ferrets would be cool

[@whisperingsims]

The 5 horned dear is so cute!! 😍

[@capreoluscapreolus2241]

Like all deer

[@porschecollector727]

And kosher

[@tonyallen2279]

Deer don't got horns. Antlers.

[@kindasane2395]

I'd enjoy something on the evolution of saltwater to freshwater aquatic life. ☺

[@RJLbwb]

HOUS -Hamsters of unusual size.

[@thatyougoon1785]

I would love to learn more about the evolution of fungi and archaea. I think they deserve more attention.

[@erikhartshorn8375]

Pbs eons returns to its roots... keep it up ♥♥♥...omg deers with 5 horns on its head thats mythical

[@Archontasil]

The critters is gargano are gargantuan... Thanks

[@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat]

That took me like five times to read. I feel dumb now...

[@yuridi927]

Loved the video as always, expecially this one about Foster's rule, that I studied for my degree thesis, and Italy, my home country 🦖💚

[@kinglion62]

It's so nice to see my country featured on PBS Eons. The Gargano is still a beutiful area, and, while i knew about its paleontological history already, its good to see it spread to a wider audience.

[@TheKeithvidz]

Broke my knowledge and expectations - I always saw island critters shrinking.

[@Sidehustlemagazine]

Great video as always. We'd love to work with eons sometimes in our small publication.

[@vladimirlagos2688]

Prediction: We'll eventually find that in some isolated island a giant flightless breed of bats evolved due to this effect.

[@paulmryglod4802]

And then we will eat them, and that will be that.

[@alisonlaett9625]

do you think that with satellite photos of the entire earth there truly is undiscovered land? even an island?

[@marcustulliuscicero5443]

Bats could actually grow much -MUCH- larger without losing flight. Their maximum wingspan would be around 7 metres or so.

[@tatianadashkova2143]

Vladimir Lagos I saw bats big as crows in Maldives

[@marcustulliuscicero5443]

Birds are much more size-limited then bats because they use their legs for lift off, which are completely useless once they are airborne. Bats (and pterosaurs) can grow much larger than birds because they take off using their arms, which also provide lift during flight. This allowed pterosaurs to grow to the size of small airplanes whereas textinct birds like Argentarvis pretty much represent the largest a non-flightless bird can ever get.

[@sombrashibe]

Thank you for talking about my fave deinogalerix!

[@joelchaisson3992]

Love this program! Evolution of the platypus or marsupials would be interesting!

[@DinoBot65]

Could you make a video on plesiosaurs and call it "When Archosaurs were like Giraffes"?

[@bubbletrouble4300]

Dinobot65 yes please

[@ElectroKraken]

Plesiosaurs were archosaurs?

[@DinoBot65]

@@ElectroKraken I'm pretty sure they were. If not, then I bamboozled myself.

[@greysquirrel404]

plesioaurs weren't archosaurs, they were Sauropterygians.

[@theghosthero6173]

@@DinoBot65 you did :^)

[@sunterror55]

Do you think you could do something on the merge from tyrannosaurids from carnivores to the therizinosaurs like falcarius and nothronychus?

[@Cashdummy]

I am so fascinated by the phenomenon of island-dwarfism and island-gigantism and how on earth that works!

[@shelleynobleart]

Loved learning this.

[@Vasharan]

So... miniature giant space hamsters?

[@robertmedina3982]

I think it’s a possum not a hedgehog!!!!

[@erinthesystem9608]

Wish I could meet someone like this host! (Also, "Pygmy Mammoths"? How adorable is that?? 🤗) If only we were preserving this planet + securing our own future as a species here, these fascinating discoveries could continue indefinitely.

[@Creeder4]

Thank you for all of your videos!

[@colintroy7739]

Im a simple man, see eons notification, click it, click like

[@fishflakes6320]

¿Eres un diamante porque quiero golpearte con un pico?

[@trilobitose]

Eu realmente não entendo espanhol, mesmo sendo uma lingua latina como a minha. As ingles eu estranhamente entendo, wow!

[@Sam29651]

Is this were the ROUS (rodents of unusual size) that live in the fire swamp evolved from?

[@bennymalone]

I would like a video that shows the evolution of the continents through the ages and shows the major evolutionary stages and types of life and where they lived on the supercontinents. I've always wanted a video like this to get an overall idea of the movement of the land masses and what animals were around and where at the time. Thanks!

[@jimmyshrimbe9361]

Heck yes!! Awesome video!

[@Beryllahawk]

A video discussing how ancient peoples may have found and interpreted fossils would be fascinating. It's been mentioned here and there but to be honest I've always wondered a little bit about it. Do we even still have any evidence from ancient times regarding those old bones, I wonder? I seem to recall learning (many years ago!) that the Greeks actually had bones that they said were the bones of giants, of Cyclops, and so forth. I imagine that the actual bones are no longer anywhere to be found of course, but have we found any other evidence regarding them? What kinds of fossils might have been found in those areas? Would they have even been fossilized remains, or just bones from modern creatures that were somehow really, really far from "home"? For that matter, I wonder if people today would be able to understand what kind of animal they were seeing, if all they had were a few unfamiliar bones?

[@sebastianarra271]

Evolution of sealions

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Great Video about changing sea level. I want to know more about the terranes of the west coast of North America, like the Burgess Shale, and other deposits as large Vancouver Island.

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this sounds awesome!