The Dire Wolf
Over 400 Dire Wolf skulls were found here.
What was the La Brea Tar Pits?
They ate ______ pounds of food each day and spent as much as _______hours each day looking for food.
What is 400 pounds and 20 hours?
They would drink this when their prey died.
What is blood?
The Giant Ground Sloth lived in other parts of the world besides Los Angeles at Rancho La Brea.
What is North, Central, and South America?
The Teratornis lived in these trees to perch and look for food.
What were Cypress trees?
The Dire Wolf weighed between _______pounds.
What was 75-150?
These bones were found under a parking lot at the La Brea Tar Pits.
Who was the skeleton Zed?
They lived in these types of environments.
What were the forests, grasslands, and woodlands?
Their long claws were used for this.
What was digging and protection?
The Teratornis stood ______feet tall. It had a wingspan of _________across.
What was 2 1/2 feet tall and 12 feet across?
It had a tail that was an additional ______feet longer than its body.
What is two feet?
They could stand in the water for 3 hours.
They could stand in the water for 30 minutes.
They could stand in the water for 1 hour.
What is 1 hour?
The Saber-Tooth Cat weighed _______pounds and was about _______feet long.
What was 900 pounds and six feet long?
The Giant Ground Sloth was this tall.
What is about 10 feet tall?
Or as tall as a basketball hoop?
Since its beak was not sharp enough to kill by biting, it would do this instead.
What is flinging (throwing) their prey onto the ground with enough force to kill it?
The Dire Wolf was given one of these nicknames.
What is the terrible or grim wolf?
They lived _____ many years ago.
What is 11,000?
Their food included these five animals.
What was the mammoth, giant ground sloth, camel, horse, and bison?
The Giant Ground Sloth ate these plants.
What are the yucca, agave, cactus, and grass?
The Teratornis was a carnivore or meat eater. Some animals it ate included these four.
What were mice, frogs, fish, and lizards?
Many Dire Wolves traveled in packs or groups with other Dire Wolves. These are the places they lived.
What are the hills, in caves, and canyons?
The Columbian Mammoth was ______tall and weighed _________ pounds.
What was 13 feet tall and 20,000 pounds?
This was their scientific name.
What is Smilodon?
(SMY lo don)
The Giant Ground Sloth is related to today's 3 animals.
What are the sloth, anteater, and the armadillo?
The Teratornis were given this nickname and are part of the vulture family.
What is "the monster bird"?