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Published: 2018-01-12 19:30:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 6282; Favourites: 132; Downloads: 0
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A giant ground sloth Megatherium, usually a peaceful herbivore, attempts to steal s tapir carcass from a giant short-faced bear Arctotherium in Pleistocene South America.Related content
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The megatherium scavaging the carcass was my favorite part of that episode of WWB.
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I'm pretty sure the theory that Megatherium was an omnivore was debunked.
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How though?
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For one they lacked a carnassial, another is that judging from their isotope deposits there don't seem to be any traces of meat or bone in their diet.
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Oh damn.
Forgot you could do that with the mammal age bones...
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You think the Megatherium could be temperamental?
like hippos? or elephants?
The present day sloth is so laid back.
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Well since we really don't know that much about palaeofauna, I for one can't be sure of that.
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Clearly, the bear didn't learn from Smilodon: Come between a Giant Sloth and its food, and you get a face full of pain, claws, and possibly death.
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