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Painted into a corner.

INDIGNITY VOL. 3, NO. 120

JOE MACLEOD Tom Scocca

JOE MACLEOD, Tom Scocca

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Painted into a corner.
La Brea Tar Pits fauna (detail) as depicted by Charles R. Knight for Amer. Mus. (NY). One sloth (Mylodon, now Paramylodon) trapped, two guarding against Sabre Tooth (Smilodon fatalis). Condors (unidentified further, likely Teratornis) waiting on McNabb's cypress. In the rear of pool which has yielded much elephant (Columbian mammoth) material. San Gabriel range with Mt. Lowe center and Mt. Wilson at right of erect sloth. Old Baldy at right. The Jesse Earl Hyde Collection, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) Department of Geological Sciences, via Wikipedia.

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