Comments on: Darwin’s Cryptid

By: leins

leins — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:11:20 +0000

Just writing to correct a tiny mistake, the Mylodon darwinii was found im gravel cliff, at Punta Alta, Bahía Blanca, ARGENTINA (not Brazil) I know that because Bahía Blanca is my hometown, haha!!
Great article Loren

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Editor’s note: The original source was incorrect, sorry. The text above has been now revised. Thank you, Loren.

By: MountDesertIslander

MountDesertIslander — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 03:11:35 +0000

Isn’t Darwin responsible for the on-going search for evidence of the “Missing Link” too?

Depending upon whom you choose to listen to, this “Link” may also be alive a well hiding in a cold cave tonight.

By: MattBille

MattBille — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:32:39 +0000

And a quote with some cryptozoological implications:

Natural selection, the survival of the fittest, does not necessarily include progressive development… if there were no advantage, these forms would be left, by natural selection, unimproved or but little improved, and might remain for indefinite ages in their present lowly condition.

~ Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species

By: cryptidsrus

cryptidsrus — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:26:21 +0000

That was funny, DWA. And Ceroill, too. Great post, Loren. And yeah, happy birthday, Mr. Darwin. Whether one agrees with all of your conclusions or not, you did irrevocably change the world forever. For better or worse. And since somehow “politics” crept in here, happy birthday to Lincoln, who was born on the same day and year as Darwin.

By: Fhqwhgads

Fhqwhgads — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 21:39:14 +0000

“To Lista, the creature looked like a gigantic armadillo.” Sounds more like a glyptodon.

By: DWA

DWA — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:07:33 +0000

I really get nervous when crypto blogs start dabbling in politics.

The above sounds like aid and comfort to historians who have long held that Teddy Roosevelt was full of [Mylodon dung].

I think it’s highly possible, considering his career, that the bulletproof skin might be his too!

By: Ceroill

Ceroill — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:18:28 +0000

Ok. I have to. I can’t help myself. “Deposited by Theodore Roosevelt”! LOL!

Ok, enough levity.

Isn’t there some speculation that the legend of Patagonian giants might have been sightings of Mylodon? Or of tallish locals wearing Mylodon pelt cloaks?