It was during ATLA, they helped evacuate earth kingdom citizens when the fire nation took over the kingdom.
If they still existed they would probably have moved into existing human-mined tunnels. Whether they'd wait until we abandoned them or chase us out, or help us build them, would depend on our relationship with them
"A train derailed in the tunnel due to a giant sloth sleeping on the tracks. No word of survivors at the time of recording, but officials say that they are expecting multiple fatalities including the sloth."
The tiny thumbnail for this looked like a belly button on my phone, had no idea what I was tapping on at first
The fun part is that you were more curious than apprehensive and were willing to subject yourself to whatever the Internet brought you for the day.
Big enough to be comfortably used by humans
Pffffbtbtbt, housing crisis schmousing crisis. There's your answer, chaps.
Just wait until some oil baron says that sloth-dug tunnels is the way to "deal" with climate change.
If they are willing to bring back giant burrowing sloths, I am willing to experience the "tunnel hovels to escape climate change" timeline so long as I get to be a sloth supervisor.
I heard if you turn out the lights and kiss your crush, you can find a way out of the tunnel.
I may not be remembering correctly, but didn't Sloth dig the tunnel in Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood?
Edit: had to look it up. He did. Probably a coincidence
Earth warms up from ice age. Big sloth too fuzzy. Loses fuzz and tries to climb tree. Big sloth too big. Small big sloth gets smaller, climbs tree.
Lol I know this is a joke but they died out, tree sloths existed back then too and are a totally separate group of animals. They didn’t evolve from the animals that dug this tunnel. They do share a common ancestor millions of years ago but this is like saying saber tooth cats evolved into house cats.
but this is like saying saber tooth cats evolved into house cats.
I'm pretty sure my house cat believes this is true, evidence to the contrary be damned.
but we all came from the same common ancestor which was the naked nucleic acid/peptide chain
I wasn't sure if this was true or a weird misunderstanding or conspiracy type thing. Seems to be true. Here is an accessible writeup: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20231127-brazils-mysterious-tunnels-made-by-giant-sloths
At the "Grand canyon caverns" in northern Arizona, there are claw marks from a giant sloth who fell into the caves from a hole at ground level and clawed desperately to the walls trying to get out. They tell that story on the tour
That’s in the south, right? I heard a lot of humanists and that ilk are trying to stop them from building it?
Can you imagine being stuck in the dawn of human agriculture, and you seek shelter in a nice cave that you found.... And then a Giant Sloth just lumbers in after a bit.
I mean, I imagine any Homo species of the time would know not to go inside one of these, but still.
So not giant sloths specifically, but Australian Aboriginals have oral histories describing megafauna that went extinct around the same time period
Megatheriums were herbivores, so it would be like spending the night with an elephant.
I hear what you're saying, and I recognize anyone inside would be safe from being eaten.... However, as with an elephant, I wouldn't want to be woken up in the middle of the night having intruded upon their home.
nah they'd be chill. They'd be like "waaat" and make some initial annoyed sounds at first, but then once you pull out the bong they'd settle down real quick
Giant Sloths high as fuck... Would that make the super sloths, or go the opposite way and speed them up?