As the anthropocene Kali Yuga rages on we're seeing more and more creatures leave us forever.
We had Adam from The Scrapes list his Top 5 (in no particular order) lesser-known dead critters that we'll never see unless some weird, genetic experiments occur. Mad scientist from 'Robot Chicken', we're looking directly at you for assistance.
1. Jamaican Giant Galliwasp
Galliwasp? It was a lizard, not a wasp, that hung out in Jamaica's swamps apparently.2. Diprotodon
Wombats are the best. What would be even better is a terrifying giant wombat that I could keep as a pet in the common yard of my unit block and take it for walks around the neighbourhood. But no, I can never do that... why? Climate change and humans killing stuff that's why.
3. Ground sloth
It's a giant sloth that hung out on the ground... I don't think we even need to explain why that is cool. Like many animals, became a victim of humans killing animals just because they can, since I don't imagine a giant, slow, herbivore was ever much of a threat. Guess you could say that's like cows... and cows are delicious let's face it. So maybe ground sloths were also delicious.
4. Antarctodon
We wrote a song called 'Antarctic Beach' awhile back. Some guy obsessed with Antarctic stuff contacted us at one point which was weird. Anyway that piece is all about shifting natural cycles and the despair of runaway climate change, of dead worlds and isolation. The Antarctodon is an extinct genus of meridiungulatan mammal from the early Eocene. And yes that is cut and pasted from Wikipedia.5. Thylacine
Seems cliched to put the Tassie Tiger in here, but it's too hard to resist as it sits as the perfect metaphor for the stupidity of white Australian history. Totally wiped out because they might, MIGHT, have killed a couple of sheep. Sheep for fucks sake. We kill them and eat them anyway.
Like the Thylacine, allegedly sighted on rare occasions in the wilderness today, The Scrapes will make an appearance at The Bearded Lady (Brisbane) 28 December.
