Divers found fossils of an ancient giant sloth hidden in a sinkhole. The creature was 20 feet long.
Nearly 27,000 years ago, a giant ground sloth traveled across a barren, arid landscape in what is now Belize, munching on grassy vegetation and searching for water. A nearby sinkhole may have promised relief, but the creature probably fell in and never came out. In 2014, divers discovered the remains of that giant sloth buried in a clay shelf in a sinkhole 70 feet underwater.
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