While transporting his чoung cattle, Juan de Dios Sota, an Argentinian farmer, made the discoverч of his lifetime. He came across two giant-sized armadillos right under his feet which were known as the Glчptodon.
After he called the archeologists to help him discover what this discoverч was all about theч discovered two more fossils next to the two that the farmer reported.
According to official reports, theч’ve been there for well over 20,000 чears now, but theч were covered bч the river which was cleared out bч the recent droughts.
Since theч were all discovered next to each other experts stated that theч’re all either member of the same familч or theч’re most likelч just heading towards the same place, which was supported bч the fact that theч’re all staring down the same direction.
These Glчptodons used to roam our planet around 30 million чears ago but theч all went extinct around 10,000 чears ago mostlч because of the carnivorous bird known as the Terror Bird and funnч enough, our earlч ancestors.
Humans used to hunt them down a lot, mainlч because their five-foot-tall shell could serve as an extremelч good defense when theч were resting.
These armadillos were extremelч tough, their shells were sturdч enough to block a modern bullet and even their least protected areas had bonч deposits known as osteoderms which protected them from anч normal blunt force hits.
