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Huge tunnels discovered that were not made by humans or geology

www.earth.com Huge tunnels discovered that were not made by humans or geology

Huge tunnels under southern Brazil and northern Argentina were potentially made by giant, Ice Age sloths for refuge and rest

Huge tunnels discovered that were not made by humans or geology

...Many of the passages are longer than 600 yards (550 meters) and tall enough for an adult to walk through without bending.

The leading idea is that giant, extinct ground sloths dug these colossal shelters, turning parts of South America into a maze of underground homes...

...the tunnel walls are packed with claw marks, sometimes in three parallel grooves, right where a digging limb would bite into rock...

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Clickbait title acting like it's a mystery...
It's obviously the giant sloths, because we can see the claw marks from giant sloths making them.
We've known for like a decade now.
- Yeah.... But we have no evidence that proves they were terrestrial sloths. They were obviously creating these complex tunnels deep underground to hide something. Something like a space craft or teleportation gate to the sloth dimension.
  You're just afraid to dig up the truth. #slothgate
  
  I recently read that these specific sloths evolved into transgender hermaphrodites which ultimately led to their extinction. They've actually traced their rise and fall to the implementation of space lazers causing massive flooding around the world. Funny how history repeats itself.
  
  Not every conspiracy has to end with gate.
  #TheSlothIsOutThere
  
  Also they made the frogs gay
- oh, you're not even sarcastic
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megatherium
  and here some people complain about moles
  
  Yeah, going off memory but they're why avocados evolved too.
  They were big enough to eat them whole and poop out the seeds, so they're the reason we have guacamole.
  
  Mom! The giant sloths have dug up the neighborhood again!
- Elephants are also known to dig caves in search of salt

- Benutzername prüft aus

- FTA:
  Many of the passages are longer than 600 yards (550 meters) and tall enough for an adult to walk through without bending.
  Checks out.

Badger moles?
- It just says... badger
  
  badger badger badger badger badger badger badger SNAAAAAAAAKE SNAAAAAAAKE SNAAAAAAKE
- Naah, more like aliens.. /s

has anyone tried playing pan flute .music inside to see if any runes glow?

Shai hulud?
- Before it moved into RFK's brain

anyone who's played rimworld knows these guys
- Fuck. I “bricked” my Rimworld with too many mods awhile ago. I need to get back to troubleshooting…I love that game.
  
  Rip em all out and try the bare essentials. You know, cut the list down to just 100 or so mods.
- My first thought. Be careful though, those fuckers can rip arms off.

Of course this is not ground sloths, that's rediculous, they are too slow
This is of course the earthbending badgermoles
- SECRET TUNNEL
  secret tunnel
  through the mountain
  secret secret secret secret
  #TUNNEL

The photos in that old PDF they linked to are so cool, seeing all the claw marks.
- https://www.ufrgs.br/paleotocas/Frank_et_al_2012.pdf

That’s is one big bunny…

“Non human tunnel diggers killed by our ancestors”
By the way, did I ever mention that sloth stew is delicious?

Spoiler alert: OP's mom's bad dragon XXXL tri-colored tentacle

this cave is not a natural formation

Where's Burt Gummer when you need him?

Sandworms!
Now the US will invade to "just take the spice."

Dwarves

Could have been south American flying kangaroos.
- Don't be silly. Everyone knows the South American Flying Kangaroo made nests in tall trees from the bones of their victims.

It was me I made them (I was bored)

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