Giant Rodent Found In South America!

I know we're insignificant internationally. but I wish people would remember there's a cluster in Canberra as well.

Humble apologies!

Yeah, but the ones in Washington are bigger, dumber, and a hell of a lot more dangerous than elsewhere.

That's true.

But the Canberra one remains popular!?!

Disgusts me what Australia is becoming. A bunch of idiots is putting it mildly.

First, those are paleontologists not anthropologist. We do search for fossils but they gotta be a primate. The pertinent question in this case is are the populations found in the above mentioned places primate or rodentia. The first step is to get the classification correct.

Heres an example of unique environmental adaptation and evolutionary "design response" to a subtropical swampland rich in vegetation. Since south America has only recently connected to the north American continent, there were relatively few "megafauna" in SA until Panama and the istmus connected the two lands. This plate tectonic event allowed the colonization of south america by big mammals in an area where the largest predators were actually birds. So thus came predation by more robust meat eating mega cats that roamed an almost untouched south (this is my opinion based on no real evidence ) but the demise of the giant fossil "Guinea pig" was probably an easy task , since I understand that they had fat little legs that didnt allow them to scurry back to their giant garage sized burrows. The articles Ive read said that they were routinely prey for giant crocs and (I presume) as Northern America megafauna migrated south , this guy was quite a snack.

The only Eric Cartman sayings I can remember are

"Go into the kitchen, and get me some pie!"

and

"Screw you guys!"

But, getting back on-topic, he is probably related to that very rodent.

Im sorry I digressed. Rodent evolution is fascinating.




And I like Guy Lombardo records

It's ironic that the icon for the dems is a donkey, 'cause the Shrub is the biggest jackass we've had in the White House since Warren Harding--and that's saying a lot. As for the rest of his crew, reptilian is the adjective that comes to my mind . . .

Not to hack further on Baltimore (even if it is stunningly easy to do!), but there are some rats in the Harm City that could give that overfed guinea pig a run for its money!