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What are facts about giant ground sloths?
Hairy Ground Sloths lived about 1 million years ago. These huge animals, as large as elephants roamed what is now North and South America. The Ground Sloth is a huge Extinct animal of the sloth family. The largest ground Sloth was 20 feet long and as big as an elephant. The Ancestors of the Hairy Ground Sloths of the ground sloths lived in trees and used there hooked claws to hang from the branch. Ground sloth is a diverse group of extinct sloths. The giant ground sloth lived in what is now South America. Taller than a modern day elephant, it became extinct as recently as five thousand years ago.
What is a large extinct mammal two words g m n s o h?
Ground sloth!
Do the two toed sloth live?
No! They are extinct !! They became human powered and overdosed on drugs and alcohol ! It is a sad loss!
When did giant ground sloth live?
The Americas originally started out in S. America about 23 million years ago. like most other ground sloths when the Americas first connected they moved up north. ground sloths were some of the only fauna that moved to N. America, many of the N.America species moved south though. the giant ground sloth died out or became extinct 10,000 years ago.
Why do the scientist think the giant sloth became extinct?
Scientists believe the giant sloth became extinct due to a combination of factors such as climate change, habitat loss, and overhunting by early humans. These factors likely disrupted their food sources and led to a decline in their population, ultimately resulting in their extinction.
How long did the giant ground sloth existed?
For tens of thousands of years, with the last known ground sloths having gone extinct as recently as 1550 A.D. in the Carribean.
What present day animal does the sloth resemble?
The sloth still exists today. They are not extinct.
What did the Megatheriidae ground sloth eat?
The Megatheriidae ground sloth ate only plants. It was a herbivore. Dung has been used to find out what the ground sloth ate
Are sloths endangered or extinct?
Ground sloths refers to a group of extinct sloths.It is possible that members of this group survived until 500 years ago in the Antilles, but the most recent dating that is reliable is more like 6000 years ago.One genus of ground sloth, Megatherium, is known as the Giant Ground Sloth. It was a big as an elephant. Some other ground sloths were also quite large. The most recent evidence of these giants surviving is dated about 10,000 years ago.None. They went extinct thousands of years ago.
What sloth creature was from way back?
Ground Sloth
How did the ground sloth in die?
The ground sloth or Megatherium was a huge sloth that used to roam the earth. It is thought that they died out because of the human population.
How are a giant ground sloth and a plain sloth alike?
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