[Brooklyn Attitude]

Mmmm...sloth

[redfreedom]

OMG! How awful, those mean old nasty humans meant the demise of these poor sloths. And to think the caveman’s invention of fire led to glowbull warming.

There is a solution to all of this we must embrace. Humans, in particular the white race, must be eliminated. The only allowable exceptions will be the wealthy elites that want global power. They may also have people of color as their servants. /s/

I’m making that sarcastic remark because of the way the thread title is written.

[BitWielder1]

Wait, did the climate start changing as soon as humans showed up?
Long before the industrial revolution, long before SUVs?
Or maybe Giant Sloth just tasted good.

[sappy]

sooo, native populations hunted it to extinction? you don’t say?

[alternatives?]

The pictures don’t show armor.

[frithguild]

There’s still debate about what happened to sloths, but given that humans arrived in North America at about the same time sloths went extinct in droves, it’s not hard to speculate.

Humans and their spears killed killed all the sloths and every other species over 150 lbs in the Holocene. And it happened all at once. Could not possibly have been anything else. Humans really are that bad

[sonova]

Michelle? Is that yo hairy as.....

[PeterPrinciple]

And what was the co2 level when these giant sloth roamed?

[AZJeep]

The natives were not that good servants of the land as they are described.
They caused massive extinctions all around the world.

E.g. Maori landed at the shores of New Zeeland only like 1300. Yet they managed massive extinction of New Zeeland species like Moa or Haast Eagle.
Very quickly!

[DeplorableTrumpSupporter]

Oph no, human made climate change killed off the giant sloth! Where was Greta’s ancestors, because they could have gone to the UC (UNITED CAVES) and say ‘How dare you kill off the Giant Sloth!’ 😀

[Doctor Congo]

It’s fun to learn new interesting stuff.
Thanks

[Bon of Babble]

until climate... brought their downfall.

Impossible.

Climate change is a wholly modern condition - caused solely by humans. It didn't happen before the modern era of internal combustion engines, factory emissions, cattle farming and urban development.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

"Size reduction is also a common way for animals to deal with heat stress and has been documented in the fossil record on several different occasions."

[teeman8r]

if they weren’t so dang tasty...

[ckilmer]

Did you all notice the writer mentioned that the long term temperature trend is down

[Alas Babylon!]

I betcha they were tasty!

[Nervous Tick]

>> New research shows 8,000-pound sloths once dug caves, adapted to oceans, and roamed widely—until climate and humans brought their downfall.

“(Artist’s concept.)” ROFL! They sure can conceive a lot from a couple bone fragments! Now do earth’s climate! LOL

[Hebrews 11:6]

tree-hugging symbols of chill

Good name for a liberal band.

[Billthedrill]

Most of us know sloths as the slow-moving, tree-loving creatures that take an entire month to digest a meal and only poop once a week.

I'm part sloth. Dang it.

[tumblindice]

RB, you are a sinner and this thread is sinful.