Thalassocnus. Descubre a los perezosos acuáticos...

Throughout Earth's history, many animals fully adapted to life on land have returned to the sea, having to develop new adaptations to survive in this hostile ecosystem. Although it may seem unbelievable, sloths in the past were much more diverse than they are today, and in fact, they weren't bad swimmers at all... Stay with us to discover the sloths that conquered the sea... Images obtained from Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons licenses. Music licensed under Creative Commons 3.0: Attribution (Incompetech.com) Migrant and swimming sloths (Palaeos video):    • Perezosos acuáticos: Una invasión lenta   Want to learn more about Thalassocnus? Feel free to consult the following studies: 1- Some adaptations of the later species of Thalassocnus: https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/ha... 2- Feeding and adaptations of Thalassocnus: https://www.researchgate.net/publicat... 3- Gradual pachyosteosclerosis in aquatic sloths of Peru: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... 4- Deaths in Mass in the Miocene seas of Chile: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...