Did These Giant Sloths Poop Themselves to Death?

Check out Animal IQ: At Tanque Loma, at least 22 giant ground sloths in the genus Eremotherium met their end. Of the five hypotheses that researchers proposed for what killed the sloths, the best supported one right now is that they died surrounded by their own poop. Thanks to Dr. Emily Lindsey for providing a number of photos from Tanque Loma for this episode! And thanks to Fabrizio De Rossi for the excellent reconstructions of Eremotherium and Tanque Loma: Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios Super special thanks to the following Patreon patrons for helping make Eons possible: Tracey, Hizrihel Alkawa, Michael E. Yeaman, James Dowling-Healey, District Fungus Mycology, Frans Balendong, Irene Wood, Derek Helling, Dennis McCullough, Margaret Luby, Florian Heinze, WilCatRhClPPh33, Mark Talbott-Williams, Elizabeth Baker, Jake Myers, Eddy, Angel Alchin, Julie Cohen, , Sean C. Kennedy, Eric Roberto Rodriguez, Hillary Ryde-Collins, Frida, Yu Mei, Dan Ritter, faxo, Jayme Coyl, Gary Walker, Aziza Ashling, GrowingViolet, Stephanie Tan, Ben Cooper, Leonid, Robert Noah, Matt Parker, Heathe Kyle Yeakley, Jerrit Erickson, Anton Bryl, MissyElliottSmith, Zachary Spencer, Stefan Weber, Andrey, Ilya Murashov, Merri Snaidman, Gabriel Cortez, Marcus Lejon, Robert Arévalo, Todd Dittman, Betsy Radley, Anthony Callaghan, Philip Slingerland, John Vanek, Eric Vonk, Henrik Peteri, Jon Monteiro, James Bording, Miles Chaston, Michael McClellan, Jeff Graham, Daisuke Goto, Gregory Kintz, Chandler Bass, Tsee Lee, Robert Hill If you’d like to support the channel, head over to and pledge for some cool rewards! Want to follow Eons elsewhere on the internet? Facebook - Twitter - Instagram -