Safari S274129 Giant Sloth - Yellow

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• Megatherium, the so-called ‘giant sloth’, was a massive ground-dwelling relative of modern sloths.
• It browsed for s in South America during the Pleistocene and became extinct just ten thousand years ago.
• It was covered with hair and had a blunt skull with strong grinding teeth.
• It has yellow-brown fur to reflect the most recent scientific evidence.
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Megatherium, the so-called ‘giant sloth’, was a massive ground-dwelling relative of modern sloths. This particular species, Megatherium americanum, was the largest of its kind. It browsed for s in South America during the Pleistocene and became extinct just ten thousand years ago. Megatherium americanum was a large -eating mammal with stubby legs and relatively long arms. It was covered with hair and had a blunt skull with strong grinding teeth. It had a broad pelvis and a short tail, and could balance in a squat tripod pose. The large claws on its hands helped it to pull down branches to feed on leaves, and it may have also had a long tongue. It reached 20 feet long – the size of an elephant. This figure is 4.5 inches high and 3.5 inches long. It has yellow-brown fur to reflect the most recent scientific evidence. Megatherium americanum was first named scientifically in 1796 by the eminent French anatomist and ‘her of palaeontology’, Georges Cuvier. He recognized it was an extinct giant sloth, which was significant at the time because the concept of prehistory was only just being understood. He named it Megatherium, which means ‘large beast’. The oldest examples of the genus Megatherium are 5.4 million years old, but the massive species Megatherium americanum evolved much later, in the Pleistocene, around 1.8 million years ago. Humans lived alongside the giant sloth and human hunters may have contributed to its extinction, just ten thousand years ago. Safety Warning -------------- Not appropriate for children under the age of 3 P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); Box Contains ------------ 1 x Giant Sloth Figurine See more ( javascript:void(0) )