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@drethelin They can literally hear you coming! They could be hiding like a cryptid.We're spotting them from space! https://t.co/7QAZJzqiRd
@drethelin There's been a lot of studies on their hearing ability, to try and figure out how to stop them from getting hit by propellers.https://t.co/RgzEzuU3Nv
@drethelin I've been exploring Dark Alligators as a possible proxy because they share a similar habitat range. https://t.co/N7KwB3OOqj
@drethelin Manatees using bacterial gas floatation mean they are more sensitive to cold destroying their gut bacteria. So you can rule out a ton of croc/alligator habitat since they are cold blooded and DGAF about freezing https://t.co/N2O0P4gBn2Greatly narrows range of places to explore.
@drethelin I tried doing this to big foot, and found a bunch of cute pictures of bears.https://t.co/8W1CZiDJqU https://t.co/TP6a0ZRVGJ
@drethelin https://t.co/xSBMLFIJ8w
@drethelin What if the sloths are just hibernating deep underground? The giant sloths that could dig burrows thru rock could seen as big-foot if they reared up on their back legs. https://t.co/4B2lFJhvpb https://t.co/aPXxfSsgEC
@drethelin They could probably rip up trees from the ground if their muscles are as strong as our current round of sloths. and would match native Americana stories of ice giants.I wanna pet one. I bet they are hek'n chonkers.https://t.co/ytxPX5OJNA
Sloth act big."Maximum longevity of two-toed sloths is 47 per cent longer than that to be predicted from Fig. 1. These data suggest that the physiological time scales of sloths have been prolonged in comparison with eutherian norms for this body-size"https://t.co/CWSc3xnETs https://t.co/gpq10M84CW
@drethelin Can't find them if they don't look.https://t.co/IMoekB4lun
Everybody thinks Fat Tailed Lemurs are the only primates that hibernate.Cute story bro, but you be wrong."Here, we report for the first time the observation that eastern dwarf lemurs also hibernate, though in self-made underground hibernacula." [2013]https://t.co/6c3YvxxWUj
@drethelin Myths and stories of giants.https://t.co/wQNjI7fSNA
@liminal_warmth In Native American lore, there is talk of bear-like giants who can rip trees down. Vikings spoke of 'skinwalkers' who wore deer skins. Viking bezerkers wore bear skins and were giants... with axes.Myths are real, just distorted. You can believe them.https://t.co/V7K2q9Wz09