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+ | |appearances = ''[[Walking with Beasts]]'' <small>(''[[Sabre Tooth]]'')</small>}}'''''Megatherium''''' was a very large giant ground sloth of [[Pliocene]] and [[Pleistocene]] [[South America]]. |
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==Facts== |
==Facts== |
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⚫ | A member of the [[Edentate|Xenarthran]] family of mammals (along with ''[[Doedicurus]]''), ''Megatherium'' had huge claws, grew to 6–8 meters long from nose to tail, weighed more than an elephant, and usually ate vegetation, but it was also large enough and strong enough to occassionlly supplement its diet with carrion scavenged from predators, and when it wanted to, nothing got in its way |
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+ | [[File:Evi megatherium large.jpg|thumb|''Megatherium'' with ''Macrauchenia'' in the background.]] |
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+ | As big as an elephant, it lived in [[South America]] during the Pliocene-Pleistocene periods alongside ''[[Smilodon]]'', ''Doedicurus'', and other South American megafauna. |
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− | strong enough to eat carrion, on occasion, to supplement its diet, not unlike the short-faced bear of [[North America]], and when it wanted to, nothing got in its' way.[[File:Evi_megatherium_large.jpg|thumb|Megatherium with Macrauchenia in the background.]] As big as an elephant, it lived in [[South America]] during the Pliocene-Pleistocene periods alongside ''[[Smilodon]], [[Doedicurus]], ''and other South American megafauna. |
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− | ''Megatherium'' had armor-plated skin for defense and powerful clawed forelimbs for attack. Regardless of that, ''Megatherium'' died out |
+ | ''Megatherium'' had armor-plated skin for defense and powerful clawed forelimbs for attack. Regardless of that, ''Megatherium'' died out around 8,000 years ago, during the [[Holocene]] time period. |
==In Walking With... series== |
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+ | [[File:P00bk49n 640 360.jpg|thumb|300px|A giant ground sloth eating plants]] |
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+ | A pair of ''Megatherium'' is shown feeding on trees, while [[Half-Tooth]] the ''Smilodon'' gives them a wide berth. Then, another ''Megatherium'' scares a ''[[Macrauchenia]]'' away from Half-Tooth, causing him to fail. Later on, another ''Megatherium'' kills one of the [[The Brothers|''Smilodon'' Brothers]] in a fight over carrion. |
+ | [[File:Megatherium.png|thumb|The ''Megatherium'' in ''Walking with Beasts''.]] |
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+ | *The ''Megatherium'''s call was produced by lowering the pitch on recordings of goat bleats. |
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+ | *The character of Sid the sloth from the Ice Age franchise is a Megatherium. Unlike, in Walking With Beasts, Megatherium in Ice Age are portrayed as stupid idiots the height of a wolf that can be bullied by anybody. |
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Revision as of 02:56, 29 June 2020
Megatherium was a very large giant ground sloth of Pliocene and Pleistocene South America.
Facts
A member of the Xenarthran family of mammals (along with Doedicurus), Megatherium had huge claws, grew to 6–8 meters long from nose to tail, weighed more than an elephant, and usually ate vegetation, but it was also large enough and strong enough to occassionlly supplement its diet with carrion scavenged from predators, and when it wanted to, nothing got in its way
As big as an elephant, it lived in South America during the Pliocene-Pleistocene periods alongside Smilodon, Doedicurus, and other South American megafauna.
Megatherium had armor-plated skin for defense and powerful clawed forelimbs for attack. Regardless of that, Megatherium died out around 8,000 years ago, during the Holocene time period.
In Walking With... series
Walking with Beasts
Saber Tooth
A pair of Megatherium is shown feeding on trees, while Half-Tooth the Smilodon gives them a wide berth. Then, another Megatherium scares a Macrauchenia away from Half-Tooth, causing him to fail. Later on, another Megatherium kills one of the Smilodon Brothers in a fight over carrion.
Trivia
- The Megatherium's call was produced by lowering the pitch on recordings of goat bleats.
- The character of Sid the sloth from the Ice Age franchise is a Megatherium. Unlike, in Walking With Beasts, Megatherium in Ice Age are portrayed as stupid idiots the height of a wolf that can be bullied by anybody.