GAINESVILLE, Fla., June 20 — Scientists have confirmed that ancient bones found in Florida are evidence of a previously unknown species of ground sloth, the oldest of its kind ever found in North America.
MASSIVE, HAIRY and slow, herds of these gigantic sloths lumbered across the Florida peninsula 2.2 million years ago, munching on live oaks, magnolia trees and sweet gum, University of Florida paleontologist David Webb said.
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MASSIVE, HAIRY and slow, herds of these gigantic sloths lumbered across the Florida peninsula 2.2 million years ago, munching on live oaks, magnolia trees and sweet gum, University of Florida paleontologist David Webb said.
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Alien - Administrator / Owner
["Everything was true. God was an alien. Oz really is over the
rainbow. ...and Midian is where the monsters live." -Nightbreed]
