"It is quite clear to me that the legend of the mapinguary is based on human contact with the last of the ground sloths," thousands of years ago, said David Oren, a former director of research at the Goeldi Institute in Belem, at the mouth of the Amazon River. "We know that extinct species can survive as legends for hundreds of years. But whether such an animal still exists or not is another question, one we can't answer yet."Related -- a variety of lemurs, including a gorilla-sized giant lemur, were ubiquitous on Madagascar; a number, including the giant species, were hunted out by the no-doubt-western-influenced humans who swarmed onto the island sometime in the past 2000 years. It's a marvel to me that human presence isn't older, but hey, I haven't checked lately, maybe it is...
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Amazon Monster Is Only a Myth. Or Is It? (Bigfoot sightings in Brazil)
AOL News | July 8, 2007 | Larry Brother
Posted on 07/08/2007 1:52:43 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
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