Let me guess... A Sinosauropteryx (based on pose & tail pattern)?

I grew up learning simplified, so might have messed up different systems. IMAO merging characters was probably not a great choice in simplification as it created more characters with multiple meanings and/or pronunciations…

As I remember, the traditional character for “dry” is 乾, that for “to do” and “stem” is 幹 (as in 樹幹), and “interference” is 干 (as in 干擾, 干涉)。 In simplified Chinese they’re all merged into one (干). From the English note I thought you meant the second.

The character in the 2nd column from right (干) is a simplified one (the traditional would be 幹, as I remember), isn’t it? Yet the book is also using some traditional characters (like 訂 instead of 订). A mixture system?

Let's see how many of my guesses are correct! It's actually fun to try to guess, though I only expected to do so before the show's aired but not while watching. I'm also looking forward to @tetzoo.bsky.social writing a more thorough 🧵.

Ep 5:
The sea cow was Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), I suppose? The bear that tried to attack it should be Arctodus simus (skeleton in the photo👇).
Homotherium again! This time hunting mammoth.
At last, the North American saber-tooth had to be Smilodon fatalis.

Little to say for Ep 3😶 , so jumping to Ep 4.
The saber-tooth cats seem to be another species of Homotherium, and the otters they fought seem to be Enhydriodon.
The armadillos in the ep were Doedicurus. IMO they deserved to be called by name to be distinguished from Glyptodon.

Ep 2:
IDK what the South American canines were.
The giant sloth, I assume, was Megatherium.
The giant armadillos seem to be Glyptodon (photo).
The giant stork should be Leptoptilos robustus (in the photo, behind Glyptodon).
S. populator again.
No confidence in the terror birds.

Ep 1: The sloth was probably Megalonyx (genus of Sid from Ice Age). The saber-toothed cats going after wooly rhinos were Homotherium, and those after Macrauchenia were Smilodon populator. Life-sized models in the photos👇

Hopefully you'd be writing a thread going thru species that appeared in the show? Many were only referred to by common names shared by more than one genera (such as "saber-toothed cat" or "(ground) sloth").

The wrong sub can be confusing & misleading to Chinese audiences. Even if they can understand the English, most aren't familiar w/ US units or how to convert. Without later contexts, I'd also have misunderstood. I don't think whoever in charge of the narration script made a great decision. 2/2

Sorry to hear you’re in this tough situation…

这么多人觉得罪犯领导的政党能减少犯罪，这个社会果然还是不正常。

Since it’s about paleo, I couldn’t help being reminded of THAT Marsh…Fortunately, not him… 😂

Sadly my cellphone couldn't take a clearer video at that distance... I used to keep such video clips as personal collections, but this time I feel like making it visible.