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Giants in the Earth: The Paleoburrows

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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The Death of the Giant Ground Sloths in the Southwest of Ecuador

The remains of at least 22 different giant ground sloths, the remo therum laurelardi. They were found around a marshy little pool of water that looked like a place that had repeatedly been filled with water and then dried up. And based on a number of of cues around this area, the authors decided that they thought most likely interpretation was tha a bunch of giant ground sloth were hanging out in and around this water,. using it to cool their bodies and as a watering hole to drink from  and to eat the plants that were growing around.

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