Mmm... Uintatherium...




A swarm of hunters tries to take down a Uintatherium. Nevermind that it lived over 35 million years before the first hominins appeared...


ZOMG! Those are funny. Did you also see the Moa and the Mammoth? The wack-a-mole with the Saiga is the funniest, IMHO.

I love these advertisements. It's interesting to note that the producers chose to use non-dinosaurs in these ads.

Speaking of which, that's a freakin' huge dinoceratan...

Bora; I never got to see them on tv, but it looks like all of them are on YouTube. The "saiga" is really a Syndyoceras, though. I wish they were still around too!

Hai; It was definitely good to see some mammals featured prominently, and Eocene ones at that! I just wish someone would get around to studying the dinoceratans again. When the best review of the group was published over a decade ago we have got a problem.

It's a little closer in geological time than dinosaurs and humans at least. I'd call this a good reminder of the lack of science knowledge in this country. It's a good thing uintatheres didn't survive into the age of modern humans, because I'll bet "big game" hunters would love a six-horned trophy on their walls!

By Raymond Minton (not verified) on 05 May 2009 #permalink