We Found an EXTINCT Ground Sloth CLAW in the River While Fossil Hunting in Florida!

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This was a great time out on the river with my buddy Justin! We did some scuba diving for Pleistocene aged vertebrate fossils and scored some great new pieces for our collections including a killer horse jaw with a tooth, huge tapir tooth with roots, Justin's first ever sloth claw, a giant beaver incisor, and much more!
These type of fossils are my absolute favorite to hunt for just because of the sheer variety of fossils you can find from a huge array of mind-blowing prehistoric animals. Armadillos the size of cars, beavers larger than people, mammoths, dire wolves, saber cats, huge ground sloths, etc. The sheer possibilities of what can be unearthed is incredible, and it makes every hunt a journey back in time.
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  • @PaleoCris
    @PaleoCris4 жыл бұрын

    PaleoPacks (at home fossil hunting kits) can be purchased HERE: paleocris.com/shop/paleopack-fossil-hunting-kit-shark-teeth/ Hit that thumbs up button if you liked this video! Love you guys and hope you're all staying safe and healthy.

  • @catrinenataliesmith6835

    @catrinenataliesmith6835

    4 жыл бұрын

    I got my pack on the way, it’s in London ( I’m in Birmingham UK hope to get it this week) so looking forward to it. It’s my birthday present to me.

  • @PaleoCris

    @PaleoCris

    4 жыл бұрын

    Catrine Natalie Smith awesome, I hope you enjoy it and find a bunch of cool fossils in it!

  • @catrinenataliesmith6835

    @catrinenataliesmith6835

    4 жыл бұрын

    PaleoCris thanks hun - will do pics when I finished sorting it all out and tag u in them

  • @AtticKid

    @AtticKid

    4 жыл бұрын

    I ordered a pack, so excited to see what I get. (Btw yesterday was my 12th b'day)

  • @PaleoCris

    @PaleoCris

    4 жыл бұрын

    Happy birthday, and I hope you find some great stuff in your pack!

  • @copolar
    @copolar4 жыл бұрын

    Its incredible how this man sees a completely black mass and knows perfectly what part of an animal it is

  • @owenpierson5881

    @owenpierson5881

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was thinking the same thing

  • @lindalewis5066

    @lindalewis5066

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was just going to say the exact same thing!

  • @rajanrao

    @rajanrao

    3 жыл бұрын

    and not just that, he can tell you the epoch too?!

  • @Doxymeister
    @Doxymeister4 жыл бұрын

    Good morning gentlemen, nice to watch a fossil hunt with my morning coffee! Killer finds, both of you! Loved it!

  • @PaleoCris

    @PaleoCris

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, and thanks for watching!

  • @juliegriffin7609
    @juliegriffin76093 жыл бұрын

    Amazing finds! I wish I could go on hunts like that!

  • @lumemaa7
    @lumemaa73 жыл бұрын

    I love the clinky sound, the fossils make 💜

  • 4 жыл бұрын

    Cris aqui é uma fã de seu trabalho lindo. Beautful video my friend from Brasil. 💜

  • @er1038
    @er10384 жыл бұрын

    I swear this looks like so much fun. Would love to head out with y'all and be y'alls backup camera guy lol

  • @onelwil6038
    @onelwil60384 жыл бұрын

    Have a fantastic day everyone and may God bless you!❤️💕💕

  • @jacobshearing7634
    @jacobshearing76344 жыл бұрын

    Yo bro epic finds I'm only 12 and addicted to fossils

  • @jameskoch9452

    @jameskoch9452

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me too

  • @lumemaa7
    @lumemaa74 жыл бұрын

    I love your and Wild Kyle’s videos. Both of you are my fave KZreadrs 💜

  • @markjohnson3349
    @markjohnson33493 жыл бұрын

    We are soooooooo envious. You make everything you are doing look sooooo fun and exciting. We love all the videos. You have made winter in Michigan much more bearable. Keep up the good work. We are looking forward to your next adventure. Sincerely, The Johnson family from Rockford MI.

  • @currie.09
    @currie.093 жыл бұрын

    I am 11 and I sooooooo badly want to be a palaeontologist cuz its like the coolest thing in the world for me! Your cool and I love this content!

  • @mariadigiovanni1168
    @mariadigiovanni11684 жыл бұрын

    So thrilled to have this video pop up today. I am truly amazed at these discoveries and your knowledge of every piece. Thank you for the video.

  • @takeashotelliot9045
    @takeashotelliot90453 жыл бұрын

    Half way through I found myself going, oh yes that’s that, and that’s that, and some of them were correct, super proud of myself 😅

  • @CrystalsofArkansas
    @CrystalsofArkansas4 жыл бұрын

    ✨ Awesome video and excellent finds. That’s a lot of fossils!

  • @PaleoCris

    @PaleoCris

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! I’ll be in your neck of the woods before too long for crystal hunting.

  • @musselshell
    @musselshell4 жыл бұрын

    COOL STUFF ALSO LOVE THAT YOU REMOVE TRASH FROM THE RIVER!!! THANKS

  • @littlebacchus216
    @littlebacchus2164 жыл бұрын

    Great video and I would strongly suggest to anyone that hasn't seen images and size comparisons of the ground sloth to check it out as it was really one of the megafauna.

  • @WILDCARD101
    @WILDCARD1014 жыл бұрын

    I'm so jealous. That is one of the coolest things you could have on display. I need to find one of those.

  • @MarkOBrienmarkspage1
    @MarkOBrienmarkspage13 жыл бұрын

    Fossils of such high quality only come from catastrophic events

  • @rachl9663
    @rachl96634 жыл бұрын

    Love all of your videos!!!!

  • @vvogt4252
    @vvogt42524 жыл бұрын

    Very Cool And Interesting Hobby! Thanks For posting. Thanks Brother, Have Fun and be Safe.

  • @natrone23
    @natrone233 жыл бұрын

    Hey Cris you always welcome to fossil hunt at my Park. Alderman’s Ford Park on the Alafia River.

  • @heathermcarthur5231
    @heathermcarthur52314 жыл бұрын

    Always love @paleocris and wild Kyle videos !! You guys are the real deal and so knowledgeable. 👊🏽🤘🏽🦈🐋🐪🐎🦥🐾

  • @downunderdandiving3357
    @downunderdandiving33574 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful spot mate, thanks for bringing me along 💙👍🐠🤿🇦🇺dan

  • @jordancoyle4933
    @jordancoyle49332 жыл бұрын

    I love you making these videos🦈🐚

  • @angieemm
    @angieemm4 жыл бұрын

    Awesome finds! I love these videos where it's just fossil after fossil, bam, bam, bam. Lots of editing! Ha

  • @PaleoCris

    @PaleoCris

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes indeed on the editing! Haha. It takes quite a long time to turn a million random clips into a vid. Glad you like the fast paced finds like this.

  • @richconroy5559
    @richconroy55594 жыл бұрын

    great to have the king of B-roll footage back diving for fossils!

  • @PaleoCris

    @PaleoCris

    4 жыл бұрын

    Haha, I feel like I have a long way to go to be worthy of such a title, but thank you!

  • @amandapurves3529
    @amandapurves35294 жыл бұрын

    Love your videos so cool 2 learn heaps about fossils and just want to say thank you so much for doing your paleo packs they r so much fun even brought one for my nephew for Christmas he will be so excited

  • @supernaturewee5442
    @supernaturewee54422 жыл бұрын

    Awesome trip! Loved this video! 💚

  • @MHS_ART
    @MHS_ART3 жыл бұрын

    Huge fan of Justin! He never shows himself in videos so this is cool to watch

  • @davidhipelius3792
    @davidhipelius37924 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video I feel like I am diving with you !

  • @momseajay
    @momseajay3 жыл бұрын

    Awesome finds!! Makes me want to go scuba diving again!!

  • @esmeraldakitty
    @esmeraldakitty4 жыл бұрын

    That's absolutely awesome!!!

  • @lynndudek4441
    @lynndudek44414 жыл бұрын

    Wow oh wow what great finds.

  • @deidremcintosh6892
    @deidremcintosh68923 жыл бұрын

    Loved watching Thank you Awesome way to discover fosils

  • @claudiadeolivamayac4228
    @claudiadeolivamayac42282 жыл бұрын

    The claw is amaizing

  • @rockinwitht9948
    @rockinwitht99483 жыл бұрын

    So many different creatures in one area! Fantastic finds!! I liked that you could search underwater and walk around and find stuff. All those mushrooms!! And that one mushroom in the middle, he looked like a really fungi...hahahhhahahahha! Sorry I couldn’t stop myself 😋

  • @TiffYG2133
    @TiffYG21334 жыл бұрын

    I like the scuba videos not only for the fossils but the fish friends are always fun

  • @PaleoCris

    @PaleoCris

    4 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoy these vids. I’m going to do much more underwater content soon.

  • @13mjunky
    @13mjunky4 жыл бұрын

    Luuuuuucky!!!!! Good to see you Chris! Miss you brother!

  • @nikkiwatkins8331
    @nikkiwatkins83312 жыл бұрын

    That's awesome man

  • @samagnetfisher8405
    @samagnetfisher84053 жыл бұрын

    Hi Fellow youtuber ... Love you're vlogs. Exstreamely entertaining and educational. Showing my vlogers some much deserved love all the way from South Africa 🇿🇦. Keep them comming mate

  • @mariemoss2475
    @mariemoss24753 жыл бұрын

    Your knowledge is amazing.... Great channel, a new subscriber from the UK 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

  • @janetpullen5210
    @janetpullen52104 жыл бұрын

    Enjoyed your dive...the claws and different molars...especially the horse molar was incredible...so interesting....still favor the large shark teeth ✌

  • @vernsrocksstuff5989
    @vernsrocksstuff59892 жыл бұрын

    Very cool finds

  • @tinovanderzwanphonocave544
    @tinovanderzwanphonocave5443 жыл бұрын

    20 years ago I went on a quite expensive north sea fossil trawler adventure the goal of the trawler wasn't to catch fish or prawn but to have an extra strong trawler net dig deep into the sea-bottom soil and scoop up the past because it takes quite a number of personnel to operate this whole shebang the number of paleo tourists was low and the price was high the bonus, however, was that each one of us got to search a scoop on our own and that could be a ton of material once the fishermen dealt with the catch and my top find was a sabertooth cat's sabertooth! that and a part neanderthal jawbone piece most were chunks of mammoth bone and other unidentifiable stuff one guy even had half a roman tombstone in his catch another guy had the top find a wagon wheel size ammonite fossil! a trip like this was a 1000 dollars or so for 5 days with 5 people getting multiple turns at the nets content not cheap but a good find like the wagon wheel ammonite that's a $10.000 find and sabertooth cat teeth you are in the ballpark of 2000 at least and a part of a neanderthal human I simply don't know they are too rare to price.

  • @decencylangidrik1638
    @decencylangidrik16383 жыл бұрын

    Good finding man and I also want one pls

  • @auroraperez1223
    @auroraperez12234 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful video my friend

  • @islandwanderer1173
    @islandwanderer11734 жыл бұрын

    Yo! Chris! I am also a diver! I collect fossils and minerals! Id love to join up with you man!! I do some Peace river hunting! And i dive the boneyard often!!! Gimme a shout!!!!

  • @jkgetawayadventures6788
    @jkgetawayadventures67884 жыл бұрын

    More we want mooooorrrrreeee!!!

  • @adventureboy1126
    @adventureboy11263 жыл бұрын

    You are my favorite youtuber

  • @nikkiwatkins8331
    @nikkiwatkins83312 жыл бұрын

    Good finds

  • @EveryDayImShoveling
    @EveryDayImShoveling4 жыл бұрын

    Killer video🤟🤟. So much fun to hunt!

  • @PaleoCris

    @PaleoCris

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes indeed man, let’s get back out again now that I’m back in FL and do it again!

  • @ereynoldful3974
    @ereynoldful39743 жыл бұрын

    Good to see y'all back on the Santa Fe

  • @davidbrackin7927
    @davidbrackin79273 жыл бұрын

    Pulled a mostly entire skeleton out of a cave on the Tennessee River 40 years ago. A truly amazing creature!

  • @willownye2637
    @willownye26374 жыл бұрын

    Another great and entertaining video my friend!✌🙏❤

  • @PaleoCris

    @PaleoCris

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! 👍

  • @hirvosenniina1911
    @hirvosenniina19113 жыл бұрын

    Oh man, you guys are so lucky to live in a such place where this is possible! If there was a chance for me to go outdoors and be in touch like that with the possibility to find truly pieces of our planets faunas evolution, it would so awesome! But atleast I can enjoy these adventures from your vids. Huge thank you for that. Kudos from Finland :)

  • @idigdaytona4478
    @idigdaytona44784 жыл бұрын

    Another great video !

  • @ldm_channel5004
    @ldm_channel50043 жыл бұрын

    Nice new my friend👌

  • @jeannephifer4183
    @jeannephifer41834 жыл бұрын

    You know Chris I'm surprised nobody has gone out there with some sort of mechanism to dredge up everything out there I pray they never do but I am totally surprised that hasn't happened because there's a lot of cool stuff down there anyways I love watching you guys fossil hunt for any kind of fossil I'd really love it please take care stay safe and God bless can't wait to see the next

  • @Isaiah.278
    @Isaiah.2783 жыл бұрын

    Dear Chris, i am a 11 year old boy who wants to be just like you! I have a big question what classes did you take in college or how did you learn so much about fossils! Love you keep it up find a bear tooth for me! Thank you for your time

  • @BIGCATSMILES00
    @BIGCATSMILES003 жыл бұрын

    Cris: ( just looking through the gravel ) Fish: HEY! wassup? Whacha doing in my river hooman? Can I join!?

  • @mackie_p
    @mackie_p4 жыл бұрын

    Good ol river beer is good unless it's out of date hahaha

  • @loganzimecki
    @loganzimecki4 жыл бұрын

    Almost at 100k!

  • @JoeSalas-vy3rd
    @JoeSalas-vy3rd4 ай бұрын

    I love this❤

  • @wynja77
    @wynja774 жыл бұрын

    As someone who keep fish, including pea puffers, I really liked the puffer plate. I love the diversity of all the different animals, but I have a feeling you can soon start making a living by making horse dentures... ;) Also, those curious fish were hilarious! Like "Who the heck are you!? Fight me! Wait, no, bye!" ;)

  • @PaleoCris

    @PaleoCris

    4 жыл бұрын

    That’s exactly how they act. A mixture of curiosity and attitude. I had one keep trying to bite me once. I love them.

  • @micheleavery9339
    @micheleavery93392 жыл бұрын

    The fish 🐠: whatcha got there buddy

  • @korpakukac
    @korpakukac4 жыл бұрын

    Justin looks at you the way I look at my favorite snacks

  • @shellmeyours
    @shellmeyours3 жыл бұрын

    That claw would make a great back scratcher :)

  • @exploringwithnug
    @exploringwithnug4 жыл бұрын

    Neat. I gotta get down to your neck of the woods some day and see what kind of goodies I can find. I need me some shark teeth.

  • @PaleoCris

    @PaleoCris

    4 жыл бұрын

    Come on down anytime!

  • @PaleontologiaEnPatagonia
    @PaleontologiaEnPatagonia4 жыл бұрын

    Amazing! Greetings from Argentina

  • @PaleoCris

    @PaleoCris

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @anonymous-sus406
    @anonymous-sus4062 жыл бұрын

    16:12 you 2 found the last remains of Sid. RIP Sid

  • @gusthedinoguy230-66
    @gusthedinoguy230-663 жыл бұрын

    You should have merch

  • @Itzzendo
    @Itzzendo3 ай бұрын

    Bro I should be asleep rn but this is too interesting

  • @mimiluvya07
    @mimiluvya074 жыл бұрын

    Its kinda fun watching the tooth fairy go scuba diving.

  • @PaleoCris

    @PaleoCris

    4 жыл бұрын

    🧚‍♀️

  • @despicablecheese8859
    @despicablecheese88594 жыл бұрын

    Hiii

  • @BeardedBaldGuy87
    @BeardedBaldGuy874 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating to think that everything you're being up is 10,000+ years old.

  • @Juntaski
    @Juntaski3 жыл бұрын

    Hey Chris, may I ask what tips would you give to a new person to learn how to identify all these different animal parts? If you could make a tutorial video how you learn it would be great! Love your videos. :)

  • @Nunya_Bidnez
    @Nunya_Bidnez4 жыл бұрын

    Not only would i drink a river beer. I have more than once. I found a beer under a bush that was 25 years old. Skunky but good. it was a strohs.

  • @angieemm

    @angieemm

    4 жыл бұрын

    I used to live in a cove on a lake in central Texas. You'd be surprised how often I'd pull up partial sixers - not all of it was fresh. I drank that beer and I'm not even ashamed! I've had a couple river beers too. LOL. And we lived!

  • @catrinenataliesmith6835
    @catrinenataliesmith68354 жыл бұрын

    I like the mammoth vert best myself

  • @georgeshipps6415
    @georgeshipps64153 жыл бұрын

    You are so knowledgeable when it comes to ancient bones and teeth and things like that how do you not know that raccoons do not wash their food they use water because they have no saliva glands I hear it said wrong so many times by so many people you should look that one up bro

  • @koenvoskuil6625
    @koenvoskuil66254 жыл бұрын

    Yooo i think you put that beaver tooth in a paleo pack because I found one in mine the other day and compared it and it’s exact, that’s sooo cool man

  • @thedarquibus
    @thedarquibus4 жыл бұрын

    I wish I had your eyes, I do this here in Ireland with my son but Im no way near as good at it as you. Love the videos.

  • @PaleoCris

    @PaleoCris

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. It could just be that it’s easier to find stuff where I’m hunting too.

  • @folconlonewolf1668
    @folconlonewolf16682 жыл бұрын

    Have you ever been to the salt flats where you can see dinosaur foot prints and maybe some alasaurus teeth or fossils

  • @jackiebroder9514
    @jackiebroder95144 жыл бұрын

    PaleoCris back in his natural habitat...I was all on board for hiking in the woods until the wasp nest (Big Nope 😱)

  • @PaleoCris

    @PaleoCris

    4 жыл бұрын

    This literally is my natural habitat. I grew up right here where this vid was made. About the wasps, there’s some in this area many times larger than this one too. I’ve seen kayakers get destroyed by then when the current pushes then under a low hanging tree limb.

  • @gwenwheeler1248
    @gwenwheeler1248 Жыл бұрын

    I drank a river beer once ,it kicked my ass

  • @xxthebigtoexx1857
    @xxthebigtoexx18574 жыл бұрын

    I fossil hunted at a land site at that kinda layer and found so many deer teeth as well as some hemis and makos!

  • @PaleoCris

    @PaleoCris

    4 жыл бұрын

    Very nice, I love Pleistocene exposures. They’re my personal favorite.

  • @stormevans6897
    @stormevans68973 жыл бұрын

    I want to ID the mushrooms lol but I need sporeeeessssssss, but I want to say that I'm definitely seeing one of Florida's many gymnopilus species there, the nice yellowish ones, which funny enough may contain psilocybin, as well a kava-kava like ketones, if they are infact one of the active gymnopilus species, but species identification can be quite difficult without some microscopy. Also knowing what type of wood they were on wood (hehe) be helpful. I'm assuming not a conifer though, looks like a hardwood.

  • @dantegodwin6564
    @dantegodwin65643 жыл бұрын

    My man saw a little deer tooth but didn’t see the giants shark tooth like 5cm away from it.

  • @catrinenataliesmith6835
    @catrinenataliesmith68354 жыл бұрын

    All fossils are cool but big cat would be awesome

  • @j-rocd9507
    @j-rocd95074 жыл бұрын

    You missed an opportunity to do the walk this way scene from Young Frankenstein

  • @livgross9109
    @livgross91094 жыл бұрын

    How long does it take for something to fossilize? Or does it depend on species, density, ECT.?

  • @personanongrata3248
    @personanongrata32484 жыл бұрын

    15:10 its prabobly bison toe bone or horse short pastern bone, might even be rihno toe bone. Second one i dont know but also toe or pastern bone of some animal

  • @NatureWitch
    @NatureWitch4 жыл бұрын

    Damn so he must be pretty strong to lift the weights on him combined with the weight of the air tanks, That looks pretty heavy. Wow that's amazing how do you know what to look for? And know exactly what you've picked up. So cool dude!

  • @user-hn6wj6hp1s

    @user-hn6wj6hp1s

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think he has a degree in paleontology, or at least that’s what other viewers have said.

  • @tomsmith2215
    @tomsmith22152 жыл бұрын

    should be a professor some day

  • @kylerchaffin8547
    @kylerchaffin85473 жыл бұрын

    I’m 13 bout to be 14 and I would love to go out with these guys.no one has ever taking me fossil hunting

  • @everettstewart7844
    @everettstewart78442 жыл бұрын

    I did not know Ed Norton hunted fossils

  • @LaAttiDah
    @LaAttiDah2 жыл бұрын

    Do those Armadillo armor plates look similar to large Turtle plates? or is that not a thing?

  • @thetruthexperiment
    @thetruthexperiment3 жыл бұрын

    What preserved all these fossils in these areas over so many epochs over such a long time? And, is it continuous? Or do the conditions happen again after long periods of stagnation? Was it lack of destructive microbes or just a weird time when things were constantly being covered up? Why aren’t they everywhere? Are they or aren’t they still being made?

  • @weirdshityoumightsee
    @weirdshityoumightsee3 жыл бұрын

    Are there sharks in there live now, do they come there to breed at a certain time of the year?

  • @coloringwithd
    @coloringwithd4 жыл бұрын

    I’m new here. How long did you go to school to learn all of these bones and some of the periods they were in. Love this video.

  • @PaleoCris

    @PaleoCris

    4 жыл бұрын

    Welcome. I didn’t go to school to learn these things, it’s just a lifelong passion that I’ve read an incredible amount about.

  • @coloringwithd

    @coloringwithd

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@PaleoCris That's great that you have learned so much and can share it with others, including me. I now know what a fossilized horse tooth looks like. Thank you :-)

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