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Torres del Paine: alone with the Patagonia

Se lo dijo Jorge Luis Borges a Paul Theroux, from writer to writer, before he put an Southbound South American continent, who had crossed from end to end: "In Patagonia there is nothing. Not the Sahara, but it is the closest you can find in Argentina. Not, in Patagonia there is nothing ".

byRicardo Coarasa

1 April, 2015

Videoblog

Milodon Cave: come and see

In the caves of southern Chile, near Puerto Natales, in the Pleistocene was the habitat of a large mammal, the mylodon. La historia del descubrimiento de los últimos restos de este herbívoro la cuenta en VaP el escritor y viajero Gerardo Bartolomé en su blog "Desde la Patagonia".

byRicardo Coarasa

11 June, 2011

On the trail of the last mylodon

The naturalist and his assistant kept digging, looking to find what they believed. The cave was large and had spent several days digging in various places. When they were about to give up the shovel dug up a hide with fur intact. "It's the skin of a milodon!”, exclaimed the enthusiastic naturalist to examine.

byGerardo Bartolomé

11 June, 2011

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