After Digging Up An Airport In Mexico, They Found The Bones Of An Ancient Creature

Published on 07/15/2021
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It Used To Be Full Of Water

Experts say that the bones can be traced back to 10 to 20 millennia in the past. Most of them had been covered by the Valley of Mexico at the time. Aside from this body of water, Lake Xaltocan was yet another interconnected bodies of water. This is where animals of all shapes and sizes lived back then.

It Used To Be Full Of Water

It Used To Be Full Of Water

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They Would Come To The Lake

But why did the megafauna come to Lake Xaltocan in the first place? It looks like the shores served as a habitat of grasses and reeds for the beasts. According to experts, those creatures could consume more than 300 pounds of nutrients each day. “It was like paradise for them,” Nava told the Associated Press.

They Would Come To The Lake

They Would Come To The Lake

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