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Author Topic:   How did the Aborigines get to Australia?
Huntard
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Message 120 of 226 (648378)
01-15-2012 4:20 AM
Reply to: Message 118 by Chuck77
01-15-2012 4:03 AM


Re: Dates, evidence, and opinions
Hello again Chuck,
Chuck77 writes:
I'm going to take a wild stab at this one and say...the same way they outrun them now? The same way Salmon outrun the Grizzlies?
Well, the problem is more that there were only two sloths after the flood, if only one of them was capture by any carnivore, that was in the immediate area, there wouldn't be any sloths around today. The reason they "outrun" their predators today is because they are up in trees, which weren't around after the flood, and because their numbers are sufficient that even if some of them are captured, there are still enough left to maintain a viable population.
So the question is, how did sloths manage to survive the long trek from Ararat to their current habitat, without being eaten by carnivores that were in the same area as they were to begin with, and were much faster than them. Remember, they ain't got no place to hide from these predators.

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Huntard
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Message 125 of 226 (648385)
01-15-2012 4:52 AM
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01-15-2012 4:23 AM


Re: Dates, evidence, and opinions
Chuck77 writes:
There were limited predators after the flood.
Yes, and what do you think they'd go for? Fast and agile prey, or prey so slow they could literally pace to them, study it for fifteen minutes, and then decide to end it's misery because after all they gotta eat something.
There were limited marsupials also.
Uhm... Yes, yes there were.
It's a good possibility they could have survived.
A "good" possibility? Why? Why is it a "good" possibility?
Plus all the fish that were on land after the flood could have kept them (the carnivores) busy enough for the sloths to safley make the journey.
Not all carnivores eat fish. Those that didn't had a choice of fast prey like deer, or prey so slow it would take them a year to move even a mile (note: this is hyperbole).

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