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8 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Belize

Updated November 10, 2021

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Beach's team sampling the wetlands the Maya once cultivated.

Belize's Maya Drained Their Swamps to Make Farmland

Their wide-reaching wetland agriculture helped support the civilization.
by Isaac Schultz
A giant sloth tooth.

Found: A Giant Sloth Tooth in a 200-Foot-Deep Sinkhole

The bone helps to explain how the creature stuck around for more than 10,000 years.
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