CONTENTS Chapter 1 What Was a Giant Ground Sloth 4 Chapter 2 What Did a Giant Ground Sloth Look Like 8 Chapter 3 How Did a Giant Ground Sloth Live Glossary Index About the Author 15 22 23 24
WHAT WAS A GIANT GROUND SLOTH 4 Have you ever seen a sloth These animals move very slowly They live in the rainforests of Central and South America They hang from tree branches Other kinds of sloths lived long ago These sloths were much bigger than the ones that live today They were way too big to hang from tree branches Instead they lived mostly on the ground
Even though they were bigger giant ground sloths were likely faster than modern sloths 5
