Giant+Beavers

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 * They were a huge species of rodents. 
 * These beavers were up to 2.5 meters long.
 * American Indians called the beaver the sacred center of the land, because it made habitats for the other animals.
 * The Giant Beaver weighed up to 130-220 lbs.
 * They lived only in North America. 
 * It went extinct at the end of the last ice age.
 * Fossils were found near the Great Lakes, near Illinois and near Indiana.
 * the structure of the giant beaver's teeth sets them from our modern beaver.
 * the modern beaver has teeth that are made so they can chew up wood!
 * but the giant beaver has bigger and stronger teeth, that could grow up to 15 cm long!
 * People had found a 8ft. and 480pound fossils, in the American Midwest
 * Fossils of the giant beaver are concentrated around the Midwestern United States in states near the Great Lakes.

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