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submitted 1 month ago by Delta_V@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world

...Many of the passages are longer than 600 yards (550 meters) and tall enough for an adult to walk through without bending.

The leading idea is that giant, extinct ground sloths dug these colossal shelters, turning parts of South America into a maze of underground homes...

...the tunnel walls are packed with claw marks, sometimes in three parallel grooves, right where a digging limb would bite into rock...

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[-] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 month ago

oh, you're not even sarcastic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megatherium

and here some people complain about moles

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Yeah, going off memory but they're why avocados evolved too.

They were big enough to eat them whole and poop out the seeds, so they're the reason we have guacamole.

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Mom! The giant sloths have dug up the neighborhood again!

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