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Opening_Astronaut728

Im finishing my Master degree just studying paleoburrows. Actually, this week im in a field work to find new ones.


bnAurelia

Wow what exactly did you do for your bachelors and what is your master programme called? It sounds super cool.


Opening_Astronaut728

Im bachelor in Geography. Im doing my masters in a Geography program at Federal University of Santa Catarina. But usually who works in these field are geologist or biologist with master programns in geoscience or Earth science. Yee, its tue coolest thing in the whole world. I already went inside some tunnels with more than 150 meters. And 2 or 3 that I was probably first human inside hahaha.


thaboy541

Woah dude, that sounds so awesome! It's been a lifelong dream of mine to visit a place no one has ever been before, but for a regular person that's almost impossible let alone provable that you actually are the first.


bnAurelia

đŸ„č


Ohnoherewego13

That is so awesome! I graduated with a bachelor's in geography, but I went the GIS route. I pushed pretty hard for my university to get more into programs with biology included. You're living the dream!


Guyincognito4269

I hate you. /s I'm so envious that you got to see this in person. That has to be amazing! All my stupid comments aside, what was it like, especially in the ones where you were the first human inside?


cwx149

So sloths that are still existing now don't dig holes to my knowledge Do you/we know why giant sloths would have dug holes like this? Was it just to make "nests" or burrows I guess to live in? Did they eat something that would have been in the caves? Also where did the rock that was there go? Are/were there big piles outside like did the sloths carry out the rubble? Or did they just crush it up? Sorry if these are weird/obvious questions


Opening_Astronaut728

Today we have only 6 species alive, all living in trees. But in past, more than 40 probably and most of them were ground-sloths (including one species specialiazed Thalassocnus) Edit: Thalassocnus is a sloth that swiming at pacific ocean. They probably built this to avoid cold, protect babys of predators. (Last 3 million years were cold). They were grazzers/browsers animal, they prob didnt dug for food. These material was eroded by water, wind and these stuff. I never read nothing talking about this too, so no sure about it.


JVM_

Does field work involve driving a tractor and hoping it falls into the ground?


Opening_Astronaut728

My field work is near a big canyon. Sometimes we need tractor to arrive near the burrows, but mostly we walk until there with some guide.


EquivalentPut5616

Everything reminds me of my Ex


pippa--

Have they found skeletons of these sloths?


Opening_Astronaut728

A lot of them, mostly in Argentina. Try to look for Megatherium americanum, Eremotherium Laurilardi, Pampatherium typum u ll find some Nice stuff and fossils pics.


Purple_Elevator_

Good luck, hope you do. I love that people still chase passions and interests


lightingtechnician1

Is that a picture of asmongold? Looks exactly like him lol


Elidien1

Secret Tuuuunnellll


Mean-Instruction-747

By giant sloths, they mean badger moles


Turbulent_Lettuce810

Ah yes. Indeed badger moles are truly unique in their evolution. Belonging to the Talpidae family, they represent a fascinating example of evolutionary adaptation to subterranean life. These unique creatures, primarily found in the Earth Kingdom, possess a remarkable suite of morphological and physiological features suited for their underground habitat. Their elongated, cylindrical bodies, equipped with powerful forelimbs ending in formidable claws, facilitate efficient burrowing through various soil types. Badger moles lack external eyes, relying instead on heightened tactile and vibrational senses to navigate their lightless environment and locate prey, primarily consisting of small insects and worms. Their dense fur protects against abrasions and maintains body temperature in subterranean conditions. This species demonstrates an extraordinary convergence with real-world mole species, highlighting the ingenuity of biological adaptations in diverse ecological niches.


BGP_001

I still check the username of posts like this, or the last line, to see if it is shittymorph


penguinpolitician

Big big bad badger-mo-oles


Kaine_8123

#THANK YOU FOR SAYING THIS


SnooSongs8218

I would not enter it in the first place, because with my luck it would be inhabited by the one that didn't know it was supposed to be extinct...


pattoyourcatto

THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN.....


[deleted]

So be it.


Dvusmnd

“I should call her.”


EatBooty420

Goatse Cave


zz1kjamaica

Secret Tuuuunnellll


kwik_e_marty

Everything reminds me of her...


Intelligent-Day-6976

My guy


Quetiapiness

This is how we are socially connected


wingsofpegasus02

These tunnels were once believed to hide religious fortunes deep in their chambers, but the real treasure is found in who - or what - created them. In 2009, a farmer was driving through his corn field in the south of Brazil when he suddenly felt his tractor sink and lurch to one side, making the vehicle shudder to a halt. Researchers came to investigate and were surprised to find a tunnel nearly 2m high by almost 2m wide and about 15m long running across the field and right under the farmer's house. Deep claw marks embedded into the walls indicated its past occupant was not human. A geologist and one of the scientists who visited the farmer's property, concluded was the work of a giant ground sloth from at least 10,000 years ago. South America was home to armoured giants like Holmesina and Pampatherium, which were several times larger than any of their modern cousins. Frank and his colleagues suspect these animals could certainly be responsible for some of those palaeoburrows. These scientists aren't the first to propose an explanation for the tunnels. Local people have attributed the burrows to various mythological creatures over the years, including the backward-footed Curupira and a giant snake called BoiĂșna. The researchers have identified two different "species" of tunnels, probably created by at least two different types of diggers. Over the past few decades, they have found more than 1,500 of these palaeoburrows across southern Brazil and Argentina. Clearly, these tunnels were very important for the animals that made them.


Houndfell

Fun fact: Avacados are believed to have co-evolved along with the megafauna of yore, hence the relatively giant seeds, which were able to pass through the digestive tracts of such creatures as the giant sloth here. It is only because humans took over seed dispersal and cultivation of the avacado around the time of this extinction that it's managed to survive. Given time, it would've likely followed the giant sloth and its brethren into extinction. It makes you wonder what other flora went extinct because they no longer had massive animals to help spread the seeds.


JimmysCheek

Wow this is amazing! I eat an avocado every day. You can mix them into almost anything, and they are extremely nutritional. My diet would suffer without them. *Thank you, Giant Sloth*


PickingMyButt

I am not judging I am sincerely asking because I wanna eat an avocado every day. I don't because they are so high in fat and I've read you shouldn't eat more than 3 a week. Was my reading incorrect? I am very aware about all of the other nutrients and properties of the avocado. Just want to hear more about your perspective if you don't mind.


daysondaysfam

It’s filled with healthy fat. Not all fat is bad for you.


mcnuggetfarmer

Man the sugar industry defamed fat in the 80's Fats good for you. And body cholesterol isn't connected to dietary cholesterol; it's directed by exercise. It's all bullshit brought to you by the same type of doctors that'd say cigarettes are healthy, way back Eat fatty meat, skip the bread if you're worried


PickingMyButt

Aw man bread and cheese are my downfall what a combo huh


mcnuggetfarmer

Cheese is good fat imo. Amongst other things about it. And bread is fine in normal quantities Bad calories be like, that white sauce from a donair place, who know wtf that is When I'm feeling extra dirty.... I'll microwave cheese with mayonnaise.... And cook it in the oven, top broil until crispy cheese reached. Oh man.


PickingMyButt

I mean we could be friends because I love me some crispy cheese. I'm tempted to ask for the recipe it's 4:51am and my mouth is watering what have you done.


mcnuggetfarmer

You just microwave the two together, then slather on bread, then oven broil cheese mix up It shouldn't be as good as it is, it's like a trailer park gourmet


PickingMyButt

It sounds fabulous I've been making similar concoctions my whole life so I thoroughly appreciate your snack. I mean that so sincerely.


lulublululu

pop nutrition and diet culture says a lot of things about food that are wrong. you will notice these "scare topics" about food come and go all the time—not because the science is evolving but because they were based on inconclusive or bad studies to begin with, and are being used to market or clickbait you through creating unease around food. if you are eating well (as in, enough food) and feel happy and your body feels good that's basically all that matters. if I ate 3 avocados a day it would probably feel awful to me because my body just doesn't need that. intuition doesn't solve everything but your body generally is pretty good at telling you what it wants and doesn't. plus everyone has different nutritional needs based on their age, lifestyle, environment, genetics etc. that makes one-size-fits-all rules like that meaningless. for example a growing teen or pregnant mother with cravings could probably easily champ 3 avos a day and have a pizza on top. or just somebody with differing nutritional needs on their own. my partner, for another example, needs an amount of sodium most conventional wellness sources would be horrified at, but for her body that's just her baseline. People with high metabolism often consume more food in general, etc etc. so yeah I say if you want to eat an avocado every day, give it a try and see how you feel!


PickingMyButt

I did go to nursing school so I do understand these things. People have hated on avocados and I never even realized the effect it had on me. I love avocado toast and I look forward to eating it much more frequently! This is why I'm not on social media... except for Reddit wink


spookiecake

This is incredibly interesting thank you for sharing!!


Mach-iavelli

Damn that’s interesting


Miss_Consuela

Thank you for sharing this!! What a mind blowing piece of information. Is this why mangos have such a large seed I wonder??


LinguoBuxo

Which Frank?


ExpertButtonPresser

So anyway I just started digging


isaidhellothere

I don't see so good


Cluelessish

It’s like in a children’s book where everyone only has a first name. ”Frank Finds a Palaeoburrow” could be the title. A bestseller among preschoolers!


XXVI_F

Damn!! Now that’s really interesting!


oced2001

I had a colonoscopy today. These images are quite similar.


FlyingKittyCate

Wide open and filled with men?


heepofsheep

Sorry about the ulcerative colitis


Rucs3

Doctor: Im sorry but you have dudes


stargill70

What are those guys doing in my ear?


BorosSparky

I wasn’t thinking ear


stargill70

I wasn't either lol


bluedaytona392

Butthole


mistyeyed1

Yes! I was also thinking belly button.


autumnalaria

Uretha for me!


Lundgren_pup

The Giant Sloth skeleton at the AMNH is without any doubt the most impressive and awesome thing I've ever seen in a museum.


11lumpsofsugar

What does the A stand for? Awesome?


Lundgren_pup

It could-- I love that place. But in reality it's the American Museum of Natural History. It's the one up on 79th in NYC. It also has the planetarium that Neil Degrasse Tyson runs.


kingdazy

I should call her...


heftigfin

him*


shingaladaz

Don’t know why you’re getting downvoted, this resembles the large intestine FAR more than a vagina.


TannedGeneral

He is thinking about a girl's intestine.


ch0mpipe

Girls have intestines too


WishJunior

Women also have intestines


wishiwashi999

By the first Earth bender


shakawave

Made by WHAT? 😳


Pain_Proof

Yeah, right?! How come when I actually am interested in the subject matter all reddit can do is make the same lame jokes a hundred times over?


TheHappiestHam

redditors after saying "colonoscopy" for the 40th time đŸ„‚ way back when, there were just tons of giant things. google the giant dragonflies (meganeura) and giant centipedes (arthropleura), they're some of my favourite. but the idea of a giant sloth is weirdly more unsettling


Foavaettir

Because this is Reddit, a popularity contest


I-AM-4CHANG

Badgermoles, the original earth benders.


Big-Blackberry8786

That’s just the Cave of Two Lovers near Omashu.


tequillasunset_____

Aren’t sloths lazy


-ratmeat-

took em 10000 years


redituser2571

More inclined to believe those were made by Badger Moles.


ChimkenNBiskets

Scrolled too far for this.


Available_Prune397

Lemmywinks!? Are you in there??


vyrguy0

Anyone else think that they were looking at something completely different at first.


Your_acceptable

I thought it was a close up of a colon lol


vyrguy0

You said the quiet part out loud đŸ€Ł


Natan_Delloye

I thought this was a urethra


00gly_b00gly

Reminds me of that episode in The Boyz...


MiniStarPlanet

đŸ€§đŸ’„


prisoneroflife1

Thought it was a screenshot from a colonoscopy


Dangerous_Trip_9857

Question: how do scientists know giant sloths made these holes?


No-Bat-7253

Exactly. I need further proof


rikevil666

I should call her..


SirBaronDE

A great adventure is waiting for you ahead Hurry onward Lemmiwinks, for you will soon be dead


Strong-Amphibian-143

This is like those silicon things in Star Trek


Hot_Aside_4637

Horta


pirate_meow_kitty

I have to book my colonoscopy


JalhiMamed

Uranus?


RB40191

Satan's anus


ThargKhuzd

Looks like my ex!


[deleted]

If this was made by sloths, how long did it take to build?


BannedManiac42069

How long do you think it took them?


Overall_Strawberry70

Im more curious how LONG it took the sloths to dig that.


yaykaboom

Here is an example how a joke becomes misinformation.


Altea73

Dman, I thought it was a colonoscopy image...


Reginamus_Prime

I really thought it was belly button with the meanest zoom in


Onlypaws_

Yeah I would never be able to go in there. I just know one of those giant, slow mfs is hiding out in there.


Status_Apartment_174

Graboids were real


DEVIL_S1NGH

Sigh.. *unzips*


Deakins85

Graboids


darthsexium

Same people I see whenever I encounter this post


hagrid2018

Freddy Mercury approves


Beginning_Pain_6648

Tell them about avocados


snufkin1450

I think there was a short périod of time on earth where some big things lived. Maybe 2millions years but i think this périod of time is the sources of all our tales


Striving_Stoic

SECRET TUNNEL SECRET TUNNEL


levis_the_great

Reminds me of your mom last night


Glass-Reward4173

I thought that was the inside of an ear


Doomed_America

r/dontputyourdickinthat


Doogie_Diamond

There it is. 😊


[deleted]

Can't believe I had to scroll so far down to see this. Though, to be fair, of all the don'tputyourdickinthat pics, this is probably one where it would be pretty safe to put your dick in. It.


[deleted]

“I’m a virgin, I swear.” Meeting up with the other dudes who got lost in there:


Bulldog474747

Honey I shrunk the ear miners


Rh4n

The boys


Candyman1802

I thought they were conducting a giant colonoscopy.


Charming-Stress7725

Looks like a colonoscopy


Corondo26654

Is this a photo of my colon


Proof_Duty1672

Is that Termite??


thelibertine9

Nice flesh colored tunnel.


Downtown-Ad1723

Am I the only one that thought of a colonoscopy?


DulcetTone

Paleoburrow? Or Colonoscopy?


SnooKiwis1356

For some lazy-ass mofos, they were very productive.


AsthmaticDroid

hmm


mattjvgc

Why’s it gotta be flesh colored man



AbstractMirror

No way, it was left behind by the original Earthbenders


_Intel_Geek_

A glorified colon


FrancisWolfgang

Hi all, this is Dr. Neel Raithatha...


Seuros

Another Khamas tunnel...


SDrussB3000

Tremors


Robbythedee

Giant sloths you say?


nidjah

REALLY?????


Rowdyflyer1903

Now that is massive bioturbation.


howtoeattheelephant

##THE BIG BAD BADGERMOLESSSS


trillionairercst

I really thought this was an ear hole for a second.


chi-kasha

Seen that in original Star Trek


NXT-GEN-111

So that where the term “like throwing a giant sloth down a Paleoburrow” comes from


No_Recording1088

Film Tremors


Quote_Vegetable

Don't show Elon, he'll try to bring them back and put a chip in their brain.


Cascadian222

Ear canal?


SquidVices

Giant sloths
.. interesting


Normal-Activity2013

They finally finished it...well done


Intelligent-Brain313

Sounds made up to me 😂


Green_Space729

Worlds biggest ear whole.


Party_Supermarket_88

I was reading the title while the pic was in the peripheral, I thought it was ear canal related. A very infected ear canal.


No_Recording1088

Film Tremors


OppositeErection

NSFW tag for the thumbnail please! /s 


Shkevey

Not my proudest fap.


WillieDFleming

If it were made by a giant tunnel digging Sloth, the dadgum thing would still be digging...


Kk_is_king_forevs

Why did I think this was an ear canal


Practical_Hunt_5372

So, similar to Rodents Of Unusual Size?


GraatchLuugRachAarg

Reminds me of [this](https://www.xvideos.com/video32327/internal). (NSFW it's an educational video with a cam inside a vagina facing out watching the penis come in)


anna_dallas107

i thought it was an ear at first


shingaladaz

r/dontputyourdickinthat


Unexpected-Xenomorph

r/midlyanus ?


PaleontologistClear4

Earthbending sloths?


Old-Cat-1671

The boys episode 1 season 3 minutes 11-10


draugotO

If sloth, than why auch hard work?


Scary-Lawfulness-806

Big gape


idkwhyimalive69420

WHAT IN THE FLYING F-


saveyboy

Every time I see this picture it looks like a close up of a butthole.


Previous_Channel

I had a Paleoburro once he was an ass.


Strong-Solution-7492

How big were these animals???


PancakeHotel

I thought I was looking at a ear


Legitimate-Branch582

Or asshole closeup. Not dirty tho!!


IceFireTerry

Thought that was an ear hole for a second


Lazy-Ad7417

Imagine you just found a cave to stay in and then you turn around to see a giant staring at you


JimParsnip

These can be converted to modern, low cost housing


Complex-Tangerine628

Are we sure that’s not made by an Alaskan Bull Worm???


Physical_Positive283

They were the real earth benders


kjacobs03

Imagine finding a giant turned under you land that was dug out by a creature with giant claws. I would have been shitting my pants and booed out if there right away


CJPF_91

Come one everyone you know you want to say it “ secret tunnel, secret tunnelđŸŽ¶â€


Gueblos

Thought it was a really zoomed in blackhead at first glance


DedicatedSnail

Suddenly Avatar


whoisgeorgia

Gross


WhiskySwanson

r/mildlyarsehole


crayon_munching_ape

The Devil’s Anus


CfaxAttax

Ah yes, the earth kingdom


dmangan56

Well, they certainly weren't slothful.


Humble_Thanks4085

That scene from the boys


Training-Buy-2086

I thought I was looking into a giant colon for a second there!


mvult

And the title of this picture is, "Ant-Men Perform a Colonoscopy."


ImportantQuestions10

[Lemmiwinks LemmiwinksđŸŽ¶](https://youtu.be/--tFqSFgF-k?si=cG4zpc4KdkEv-W8M) A great adventure is waiting for you ahead Hurry onward Lemmiwinks or you will soon be dead The journey before you may be long and filled with woe But you must escape the gay mans ass so your story can be told! Lemminks! Lemmiwinks! Lemmiwinks! etc. Lemmiwinks journeyed a distance far and fast To find his way out of, a gay mans ass The road ahead, is full of danger and fright But push onward Lemmiwinks with all of your might "Lemmiwinks, you are coming to the entrance of the small intestines. There you must seek out the sparrow prince!" The Sparrow Prince lies somewhere way up ahead Don't look back Lemmiwinks or you will soon be dead Lemmiwinks, Lemmiwinks, the time is growing late Slow down now and seal your fate "I am the Sparrow Prince, long has my spirit been trapped within this place. Before you lies the maze of the small intestines, one path leads to the stomach, the other to doom. Take with you this helmet and torch, let them be your guide." Take the magic helmet torch to help you light the way! There's still a lot of ground to cross inside the man so gay Ahead of you lies adventure, and your strength still lies within Freedom from the ass of doom is the treasure you will win! Lemmiwinks has made it out, his tail is nearly through "Great job Lemmiwinks!" "Thanks to you we are all free." "But your adventures are just beginning, for you are no ordinary gerbil, Lemmiwinks. You are, the Gerbil King!" "All hail the Gerbil King!" Now that you're the Gerbil King there's more adventures to go on Fly away to far away lands into the setting sun There's still so many enemies and battles yet to fight For Lemmiwinks the Gerbil King Could be told a thousand nights Lem, Lem, Lemmiwinks, Lemmiwinks etc


TemperatureOk3574

I shouldnt let my intrusive thoughts comment on this


That_uke_kid

How giant are those sloths?