The Last of the Ground Sloths

Intro: 0:00
Discovery 1:22
Ground Sloths of the Caribbean 4:49
The Last Ground Sloth 8:29
Outro 11:05

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Hello everyone! It's time for this months Patreon choice video!

This month I was thrilled to see my patrons come out to support one of my favorite clade of animals, the Xenarthrans!

This odd group contains tree sloths, anteaters, armadillos and the extinct Glyptodons, Pampatheres and Ground Sloths! And the recent poll I did on Patreon showed that my patrons love this group of odd mammals just as much as I do!

As a result today I am going to be talking about a species of sloth that many people have probably never heard of. Megalocnus rodens, this small sloth hid away on islands in the Caribbean and managed to survive much longer than most of it's giant relatives on the main land. Dying out less than 4000 years ago?

We have also found a pretty decent amount of fossil evidence of this creature... Which brings up the question why have most people never heard of this animal?

If you would like to vote on future Patreon poll videos, you can join the Cyanobacteria Army and help spread the glory of the goo!

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