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A friend and I visited the La Brea Tar Pits today to draw some of the prehistoric locals. From the fascinating Harlan's Ground Sloth to the weirdly proportioned Short-Faced Bear(6 feet tall when on all fours!) and then the mammoth that no sketchbook or scanner could quite accurately fit.