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The Paleontologist President

  • May 22, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Fossil-lover Thomas Jefferson got to name a prehistoric creature. After examining bones from a very large animal, he called it “Megalonyx,” or “Great Claw,” due to its huge talon. The future president thought it was lion-like, but it was really a giant ground sloth.

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