Just a little article
I was having a browse today and found
this article on BBC Earth. It gives a really nice summary of some of the
animals that were alive in Britain during the ice
age. It is well related to what i have been discussing in the previous weeks.
Definitely worth checking out if you’re interested, some nice visuals too!
The article basically summaries some of the most fascinating animals that roamed where many of us live today during the Quaternary ice ages. Including some of the most familiar: the woolly mammoth and the woolly rhinoceros, as well as other large herbivores such as the aurochs. A few of the most common carnivores of the late-Quaternary are also discussed such as the cave lion and the scimitar-toothed cat. Take a look at the link below.
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I agree, well worth a look!!
ReplyDeleteIt's a brief but great little summary!!
ReplyDeleteThats a really eye-opening article! Incredibly astonishing to learn that the ice age period was marred by massive extinction! Do any of the species exists today? (I doubt).
ReplyDeleteFrom this article no, but the hippo does (see post 4) which is pretty impressive!!
DeleteFascinating, Hippo survives when all others do not. I guess that would mean there are alot of studies on the Hippo. Why do you think the Hippo survived?
ReplyDeleteThere are on that specific species of the hippo (the modern one) i guess as it has been of particular interest. The hippo is pushed back into Africa. SO in Europe, no it did not survive, climate, environment etc are almost certainly the reason. The temperature change would not have been ideal.
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