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Megatheria were a group of elephant-size giant sloths that lived from 2 million to 8,000 years ago. Their smaller giant sloth cousins were the Mylodon. Unlike its living relatives, the tree sloths, Megatherium must have been one of the most impressive animals to walk the Earth. Weighing almost as much as an elephant, it had huge claws on its feet. These claws meant that it could not put its feet flat on the ground and so, like a modern anteater, it had to walk on the sides of its feet. Amazingly, its footprints show that it walked mainly on just its hind legs.
Some cryptozoologists have investigated reports of megatheria surviving in South America, with little result.
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