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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Close up of a fuzzy sloth face Massive Megatherium sloths once stood as large as Asian elephants, ripping foliage off treetops ...

Ancient sloths lived in trees, on mountains, in deserts, boreal forests and open savannahs. These differences in habitat are primarily what drove the wide difference in size between sloth species.

SAO PAULO — Sloths weren't always slow-moving, furry tree-dwellers. Their prehistoric ancestors were huge — up to 4 tons (3.6 metric tons) — and when startled, they brandished immense claws. For a ...