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27,000-year-old pendants crafted from the skin of extinct giant sloths could help rewrite the human history of the Americas
Researchers found what appeared to be pendants in Brazil, dating from around 25,000 to 27,000 years…
Alia Shoaib
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The giant ancestors of today's sloths stood 10 feet tall and ate meat, a new study found
By studying hair from giant prehistoric sloths called mylodons, experts have discovered the animals…
Aylin Woodward
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Couple mauled to death by rabid sloth bear after visiting temple in Indian forest
Witnesses say that the bear attacked the couple, mauled them to death, and then played with their r…
Bethany Dawson
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Americans haven't hated the economy this much since the sloth-like recovery from the Great Recession
The jobs recovery is nearly finished, spending is at record highs, and wages are booming. But infla…
Juliana Kaplan,Ben Winck,Andy…
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Seattle's airport was once the site of a 12-foot giant sloth skeleton discovered near a runway
In 1961, a construction crew found bones while working at the Seattle-Tacoma Airport. The bones wer…
Monica Humphries
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The extreme life of a sloth
Thanks to rare extra vertebrae in its neck, the three-fingered sloth can turn its head 270 degrees,…
Bob Hunt,Ben Nigh
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Target is selling new pool floats shaped like a llama, sloth, and baby narwhal, and they are perfect for summer
Target recently launched a new line of pool floats shaped like animals, and food, and other clever …
Darcy Schild
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The San Antonio Zoo is launching a drive-thru zoo with 'a sloth-like 4 mph' speed limit
Tickets to the San Antonio Zoo's drive-thru experience sold out so fast the zoo had to add more dat…
Michelle Mark
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Sloths are some of the slowest animals in the world - here's why
There are two main families of sloths, two-toed sloths, and three-toed sloths, and they all share s…
Jeremy Berke
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Divers found fossils of an ancient giant sloth hidden in a sinkhole. The creature was 20 feet long.
That tooth - an impressive 4 inches long and 1 inch wide - was of particular interest to researcher…
Aylin Woodward
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A woman who dedicated her life to saving sloths opened an adorable baby sloth orphanage in Costa Rica
Last year, she released her first book, "SlothLove," filled with adorable photographs and stories o…
Chloe Miller
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Humans once hunted and butchered giant ground sloths in South America, 12,600-year-old bones reveal
The findings also revealed that, contrary to what scientists previously thought, giant ground sloth…
Aylin Woodward
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Sloths have been around for 64 million years - here's how they use their slow motion to their advantage
They've been on Earth for 64 million years. For comparison, modern humans have been around for 200,…
Alyssa Pagano
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Australian government ridiculed for its new anti-marijuana campaign featuring sloths
An advertising campaign from Australia's NSW government depicts teenage marijuana users as sloths u…
Jacqui Frank,Lara O'Reilly
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This Australian anti-weed 'stoner sloth' ad is being criticized by viewers and medical professionals alike
The statement continued: "While NCPIC is an evidence-based body, and is happy to support the NSW Go…
Lara O'Reilly
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I spent a day at a Costa Rican sloth sanctuary, and it was one of the most magical moments of my life
In other words, it's a place where dreams come true.Here's what it's like hanging out with the slot…