Wednesday, January 18, 2012

What plants and animals lived during the Ice Age?

The last ice age occurred between 70,000 years ago to
10,000 years ago. Many animals that existed then are extinct now, or no longer live in
that part of the world. Animals like wooly mammoths, mastodons are relatives of modern
elephants, but these varieties are extinct. Various Lagomorphs like snowshoe hares
were adapted to this environment. Giant sloths, horses and tapirs are all extinct in
North America. Saber-toothed cats, various rodents, voles, shrews, musk ox, bison,
wolves were all present. Many types of insects were found. We have much information
about animals during the last ice age due to fossil evidence, frozen specimens found in
the Arctic and the La Brea tar pits preserving thousands of remains  and even cave
drawings. Plant found in the La Brea tar pits include oak, walnut, pine, poison oak,
juniper. There were also redwood and other trees including sycamore . Bushes like
raspberry, juniper, sagebrush, have all been found as well.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Comment on the setting and character of "The Fall of the House of Usher."How does setting act as a character?

Excellent observation, as it identifies how the settings of Poe's stories reflect the characters of their protagonists. Whet...