An illustration of the extinct giant ground sloth Megalonyx slowing mmaking his way through an Ice Age Ohio forest. Megalonyx jeffersonii was large.

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An illustration of the extinct giant ground sloth Megalonyx slowing mmaking his way through an Ice Age Ohio forest. Megalonyx jeffersonii was a large, heavily built animal about feet (3 m) long existing from the Miocene through the Pleistocene.

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Size: 4250px × 3825px
Photo credit: © Aunt Spray / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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