article_snippet.sent: South America became an isolated landmass when South America separated from Africa.
article_snippet.sent: Likewise, South America broke apart from Europe and headed on a gradual collision course with South America.
article_snippet.sent: South America became an isolated landmass when South America separated from Africa.
article_snippet.sent: Likewise, South America broke apart from Europe and headed on a gradual collision course with South America.
article_snippet.sent: South America had a unique animal population, with exotic marsupials including saber-toothed predators, as well as elephant-sized ground sloths, car-sized armadillos, camel-like creatures with elephant trunks and giant flightless, carnivorous 'terror birds.'
article_snippet.sent: South America had a quite different and impressive array of placental mammals including saber-toothed cats and other feline predators, huge short-faced bears, wolves and various herbivores including big elephant relatives and horses.