Until twenty thousand years ago, giant mammals, the so-called megafauna, were found in the Cerrado. From Wordnik.com. [Biological diversity in the Cerrado] Reference
I'm also researching Mongolian megafauna, which is a little too much fun, as it justifies things like watching Walking with Beasts and so forth. From Wordnik.com. [there's more dark meat on a hamster] Reference
The boys 'discoveries help illustrate and remind people of the large animals, known as megafauna, that used to live in Colorado during the Ice Age. From Wordnik.com. [Aspen Times - Top Stories] Reference
Minnesota and Wisconsin were populated by a variety of very large animals called megafauna which lived in the cold climate on the margins of the glacial ice. From Wordnik.com. [Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories] Reference
But about 13,000 years ago, not long after the first humans arrived in the New World, all but a few of these remarkable creatures--collectively known as megafauna--had vanished. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
"megafauna" - large animals such as mammoths, bison, camels and mastodons. From Wordnik.com. [Livescience.com] Reference
As the climate changed, the Clovis people fell prey to the same problem that the "megafauna" had -- whatever it may have been. From Wordnik.com. [April 2010] Reference
The dire wolf, or canis dirus is only one of the many large animal species or "megafauna" that became extinct in North America about 11,500 years ago. From Wordnik.com. [April 2010] Reference
Here's a deal for you - we'll stop hunting "megafauna" when you liberals stop. From Wordnik.com. [deseretnews.com - Top Stories] Reference
The new findings, partly based on a study of a fungus that lives in animal dung, mean the mystery of what happened to North America's "megafauna" 15,000 years ago is unresolved. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories] Reference
Links from Twitter: Swine flu, portfolios, megafauna ». From Wordnik.com. [Kindle users skew older; does that impact news biz’s revenue hopes? » Nieman Journalism Lab] Reference
(Environmentalists call these the "charismatic megafauna"). From Wordnik.com. [It's Time to Rethink the Endangered Species Act] Reference
Most parks, however, languish in obscurity, barren of charismatic megafauna. From Wordnik.com. [Nature Without People?] Reference
Links from Twitter: Swine flu, portfolios, megafauna » Nieman Journalism Lab. From Wordnik.com. [Links from Twitter: Swine flu, portfolios, megafauna » Nieman Journalism Lab] Reference
Because SFWA members are like the Pleistocene megafauna, and may sink without me. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare Help Needed] Reference
The documentary begins with brief vignettes showing how our predecessors coped with megafauna. From Wordnik.com. [Monster Movie] Reference
(And in North American megafauna, a fantasy art image of an arctic war brontothere) I want one. From Wordnik.com. [there's more dark meat on a hamster] Reference
So, yes, we've killed off a lot of the megafauna and -- but we still have that -- those basic drives. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Sunday Morning News: What Are Origins of Human Competitive Spirit? - September 17, 2000] Reference
Humans had the larger impact, and the environment at the time was sufficient to sustain the megafauna. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference
Or: "Yes, you look kind of fat in that, like some kind of megafauna previously believed to be extinct.". From Wordnik.com. [Obscure blogger gets big break from Rush rant] Reference
Dinosaur and megafauna (like the sloth, sabertooth and mammoth) did not roam the land at the same time. From Wordnik.com. [Worth Watching - April 7: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Teaser Trailer « FirstShowing.net] Reference
Are there more cattle on the range today than there were megafauna on the range earlier in the Holocene?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
In a hallway connecting the control room and the studio, the megafauna of NBC News rumbled here and there. From Wordnik.com. [Primary Scream] Reference
And the numbers of the “charismatic megafauna” that tourists like to see whales, bears are in trouble too. From Wordnik.com. [13 « October « 2008 « Stephen Rees’s blog] Reference
They are lightyears beyond being either coca-cola cute, or if you want to slick that up, charismatic megafauna. From Wordnik.com. [Paula Gordon: Wanton Predator?] Reference
He notes that Condors disappeared from the Grand Canyon when the megafauna vanished, but hung on in California. From Wordnik.com. [Condor Feeding Habits] Reference
The prey species hunted by these peoples included the megafauna, such as the woolly mammoth, which became extinct. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to Arctic Tundra and Polar Desert Ecosystems] Reference
While it goes to great lengths to emphasize the dangers posed by megafauna, the program has its lighter moments too. From Wordnik.com. [Monster Movie] Reference
The bison is now the largest mammal on the continent and one of a handful of megafauna to remain from the Pleistocene. From Wordnik.com. [Pleistocene Park: Where the Auroxen Roam] Reference
From "King Kong" to "Jurassic Park," we never seem to tire of tales of charismatic megafauna and the mayhem they cause. From Wordnik.com. [Hurling Through History] Reference
Their plan would create a wide-open landscape of roving megafauna that the journal editor fondly dubs "Pleistocene Park.". From Wordnik.com. [Lives of Pronghorns] Reference
Most environmentalists know that "charismatic megafauna" are the ones that capture the hearts of the public and the media. From Wordnik.com. [Tara Lohan: Thanks to Climate Change, You Can Kiss These 8 Amazing Things Goodbye] Reference
They were cruzeiros, 60,000 of them in all, handsome bills decorated with barons and presidents and splendid tropical megafauna. From Wordnik.com. [Dollars And Discontent] Reference
I have posted before here about the scarcity of prehistoric North American rock art that portrays extinct Pleistocene megafauna. From Wordnik.com. [Some More Very Old Rock Art] Reference
Thus, it is not surprising that these groups dominate the arctic marine megafauna, represented both by resident and migratory species. From Wordnik.com. [General description of the Arctic biota] Reference
Benthic species from the temperate shallow waters of Europe are reasonably well known, especially in the larger macro - and megafauna. From Wordnik.com. [Marine biodiversity] Reference
It would have been a wonder to have seen New Zealand in the Pleistocene, in those last days before the Maori laid waste to the megafauna. From Wordnik.com. [So not awake it hurts.] Reference
Dr. DEWAR: You know, one thing about this charismatic megafauna is that I think they really help people to connect with life in the ocean. From Wordnik.com. [Giant Sharks Swim Onto Species Watch List] Reference
On the Mascarenes, there is evidence to suggest that the extinction spasm of much of the native megafauna was directly related to hunting. From Wordnik.com. [Biological diversity in Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands] Reference
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