Bishop Museum joins Suncoast View and speaks on new Rare Giant Ground Sloth Fossil found in Manatee County

SARASOTA, Fla. ( WWSB ) - The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature joined us in the studio to talk about the discovery of a Jefferson Ground Sloth claw unearthed by Manatee County Utilities.

Chief Executive Officer at the Bishop Museum, Andrew Sandall , tells us that Manatee County utility crews unearthed a piece of history while digging a trench for a waterline.

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The county then brought the fossilized claw to the Bishop Museum of Science and Nature for preservation and research.

You can see the sloth claw very soon at the Bishop Museum of Science and Nature !