2024 Author: Adelina Croftoon | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 02:07
Perfectly preserved ancient carapace glyptodon - a huge battleship, was discovered the other day on the banks of the Alegre River in the Barrio La Flecha region in Argentina.
A group of local fishermen accidentally noticed an incomprehensible object peeking out of the wet sand, and when they dug it up, it turned out that it was the shell of an ancient animal.
Glyptodons became extinct only about 10-12 thousand years ago, that is, they found ancient people. And according to scientists, it was the ancient hunters who became the reason for their destruction.
It is possible that it was people who killed this glyptodon, because an even hole gaped in its strongest shell in one place.
At the same time, it is very difficult to say with what tool this hole could have been inflicted. It would also require tremendous strength and clearly something more powerful than ancient stone hammers or even spears.
In size, glyptodons reached three meters in length and weighed up to two tons. They lived all over South America and ate tough grass.
At first glance, it might seem that glyptodons were slow and clumsy creatures, like turtles, which could be easily obtained and eaten.
However, this is a deceptive impression, glyptodons were able to perfectly defend themselves from predators, for which they had heavy bone growths on their tails.
With this outgrowth, the glyptodon could hit the enemy so hard that it killed him on the spot. Therefore, killing him by coming close to him was a risky task.
However, people somehow coped with this, it was not for nothing that the glyptodons rapidly died out precisely after their resettlement in South America. However, how they hunted them, historians still find it difficult to say. Possibly lured into a trap and beaten with stones or truncheons.
At the same time, the hole found in the carapace of this glyptodon clearly indicates some other weapon. It is also possible that it was inflicted by people after the death of the animal. One question arises here why this was done. Indeed, in order to get to the meat, it was not necessary to pierce the shell from above, it was much easier to butcher the animal through the softer belly or the place where the neck was.
According to Dr. Ross McPhee of the American Museum of Natural History, this is a very cool find, because fully preserved carapaces of glyptodons are very rarely found.
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