Glyptodonts were built for civil war and grew larger, stronger, and until they got to the size of cars and met the first peoples to enter South America. But despite being so massive and interesting we knew surprisingly little about them until very recently, when have had a late career glow up. They went from being thought of as just the shells of ancient giant ground sloths, to being the rivals of sabertooth cats, to now owning their own branch of the armadillo family tree and being the greatest 'dillo of all time. It has been an amazing story of paleontological discovery. The is the story of the living armoured suburban-SUV that ruled south America. Examining the nature of the beast. From apex predators to the planet's strangest creatures, Animalogic goes deep into the science, behavior, and biology of the animal kingdom, one species at a time. ───────────────────────────── 📗 GET THE BOOK ───────────────────────────── "Strange Creatures" — animal facts and original illustrations from the Animalogic team: http://bit.ly/animalogicbook ───────────────────────────── JOIN THE COMMUNITY ───────────────────────────── 🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@animalogic 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnimalogicShow 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/animalogicshow/ ───────────────────────────── SUPPORT ANIMALOGIC ───────────────────────────── 👕 Merch: https://bit.ly/3SXGrXL ❤️ Member perks: https://bit.ly/AnimalogicMembership 🙏 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/animalogic ───────────────────────────── MORE FROM UNDERKNOWN ───────────────────────────── 🔬 What If – Science Hypotheticals: https://bit.ly/youtube-What-If 🧠 Aperture – Philosophy & Psychology: https://bit.ly/aperture-show 🆘 How to Survive – Survival Science: https://bit.ly/how-to-survive-show ───────────────────────────── 📩 Brand partnerships & collaborations: contact@underknown.com Produced by Underknown: https://underknown.com #shorts #armadillo #animals #ancient #prehistoric #evolution #paleontology #nature #wildlife #documentary