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  • Divers find 27,000-year-old fossils of 13-foot sloth in Belizean sinkhole

    Aug 6, 2024 9:00 am by All That's InterestingIllinois in the News
    A size comparison depicting an average adult man with the giant, 13-foot sloth. Graphic by Julie McMahon for the University of Illinois.

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    • A size comparison depicting an average adult man with the giant, 13-foot sloth. Graphic by Julie McMahon for the University of Illinois.

    All That’s Interesting (Aug. 2) The ancient giant ground sloth's four-inch tooth fragment is providing researchers at the U. of I. with significant, surprising insight into the animal’s sustenance and the conditions in which it lived.