Giant Sloth still alive?, page 1
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reply posted on 6-6-2007 @ 01:42 AM by Gemwolf
I don't see any clues in the video that the mylondonte may still be alive. It would perhaps give better insight if we could get some English transcripts of the important parts?

The importance of the mylondonte/giant sloth is that it may be the legendary Mapinguari of South America. The Mylondonte fits the description of the Mapinguari like a glove.
This page gives a relatively good reason why the Mapinguari is believed to be the giant ground sloth.

The Mapinguari, however, doesn't get much interest or credit amongst either the scientific or cryptozoology communities; seeing that there is zero evidence that such a creature exists. It's seen as nothing more than a local legend like the boogieman. I guess that's where the above video comes into play. The big question is of course where did they get this hide from, seeing that the mylondonte became extinct over 10,000 years ago. (Or so they believe.) On the other hand the hide is a bit small to cover a 2-meter tall creature...

Can anyone perhaps do some translating? (Just the important parts?)



reply posted on 20-6-2008 @ 10:27 PM by wizzyG
reply to post by xhorrorgasmx



I speak spanish too and he told about 1/8 of the story.
He meant that its armored in the way that that its hide was extremely strong and that it was lazy because his hide is also heavy.

no scales

[edit on 20-6-2008 by wizzyG]


reply posted on 27-11-2010 @ 11:47 AM by tiger5
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I have seen them in the wild and sometimes they get a greenish tinge in their fur due to algae growing there. Yes I think sloths are amazing animals.


reply posted on 27-11-2010 @ 12:01 PM by Frogs
The vid is from the History Channel show - "Digging for the Truth"

The best I can find it was from season 2 - episode 11 titled "The Giants of Patagonia"

Digging for the Truth - The Giants of Patagonia

Many explorers throughout the centuries, including the great Ferdinand Magellan, visited the region in South America now known as Patagonia and reported sighting giants. From these accounts we get the name "Patagonia"--Land of the Big Feet. But what exactly did these explorers see? Now, some experts suggest that the giant, upright-walking ground sloth, once widespread throughout Patagonia, could have been the source of these stories. Josh Bernstein accompanies paleontologists, naturalists, and crypto-zoologists on a search to determine whether the ground sloth could have lived into the era of human habitation. He treks across the glaciers of Patagonia, descends deep in the mountain caves, accompanies a band of gauchos on horseback, and joins a modern-day paleontology dig to try to discover evidence that the ground sloth still exists today.


It was a cool show - but History Channel canned it.

As a semi-side rant - I think the History Channel is going away from being about history. IRT, Swamp People, etc, etc.. I'm not seeing the history in those.
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