{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/638fae9eebaaed00108c0d80/66a6d97630d20f0a5f76bad3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Macrauchenia, the Long Llama","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/638fae9eebaaed00108c0d80/1722210544850-504d6ecc5a84b20c8594af58e45bac08.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>(image source: Max Bellomio, @digital_duck on Twitter) </p><p><br></p><p>Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Ben O’Regan discuss <em>Macrauchenia</em>, a big hoofed mammal that either had a trunk or didn’t, kind of like me when I travel or go to the pool. Either trunks or no trunks. It depends on how lazy I’m feeling. From the Pleistocene epoch, this 10-foot-tall litoptern ungulate was part of a group of mammals unique to South America that died out due to the Great American Interchange and the changing climate. Which means this one’s extinction had nothing to do with humans, so we can cross that one off the list at least. Guilt-free! Yay! Ugh… </p><p><br></p><p>Want to further support the show? Sign up to our Patreon for exclusive bonus content at <a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/matthewdonald?fan_landing=true\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Patreon.com/MatthewDonald</a>. Also, you can get links to follow Matthew Donald and purchase his books at <a href=\"https://linktr.ee/matthewdonald\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://linktr.ee/matthewdonald</a>. Also, AI voices are used in the intro in all of this month's episodes.</p>","author_name":"Matthew Donald"}