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This giant 12" fossil claw replica is the largest and most impressive in our collection of claws. The Sloth which grew to be an enormous 20 feet in length thrived during the time of the Saber Tooth Tiger and Dire Wolf. Unlike its living relative, the tree sloth, Megatherium americanum was one of the largest mammals to walk the Earth. Weighing almost as much as an african bull 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. Its footprints show that it walked mainly on its hind legs. When it stood on its hind legs, it was about twice the height of an elephant, or about twenty feet tall. Stand is not included.
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