Your one stop thread for sloths, armadillos, and anteaters.
Give me to me straight /an/. Is it actually likely that something as big as Megatherium was covered in hair like commonly depicted?
>>5038027https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11732909/>Megatherium required dense 30 mm fur year-round in its exclusive range of cooler, drier climatesXenarthrans have lower metabolic rates than other mammals, so Megatherium probably did have fur after all. The arguments in favor of it being hairless were based on the assumption that it had a higher metabolism due to increased muscle mass, which this study seems to refute.
>>5038035I see thanks
>>5038000Ground sloths still exist in the Amazon
>>5038000No one cares about Xenarthrans.....
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>>5038000Why do they all have those big meaty claws?
When I was a kid I inadvertly ran into a giant anteater. It was standing up in defence stance, but not quite erect like the smaller anteaters, for a few seconds, and back down and then up again. I, out of fear really, slowly walked backwards, with shaking legs, terrified and in awe at the same time. Once I made it back to my dad he berated me but also admitted it must've been a cool moment. I was 10 or 11 and legit thought it was going to kill me. Thanks for reading my Xenarthran journal.
>>5039218Very cool story
>>5038035Damn even Eremotherium had some hair. If any sloths were hairless I'd bet it was the warm-habitat water-dwelling fellas.
>>5038000I can't wait for armadillos to migrate to my state within my lifetime
>>5040018That's a big fucking nose
I like these guys
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I like sloths
