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Sloths are highly successful, slow-moving mammals that spend their lives hanging about in the trees of Central and South America. There are two types of sloth. They look quite different and are defined by how many digits they have. Two-toed, Choloepus sloths actually have three toes, but only two fingers and look like a cross … Continue reading "What is a sloth?"

A three-toed sloth wrapped around a tree in the jungle of the Monteverde Cloud Forest in Costa Rica

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Sloths - the slowest of mammals is not bothered by the hectic pace of many in the animal world and is content to live a life of ease in the trees.

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Nigil Haroon • Three-Toed Sloth - Considered the slowest animal on the planet!... They can be seen huddled up on a tree top in Central and South America for hours together and sometimes for days. Once a week they come down for biological functions. If you are really lucky, as I was here, you may see them hanging from their powerful forelimbs aided by their long claws (which gives it the name).

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Paralyzed from the waist down, Anakin the orphaned baby sloth is impressing handlers at a rescue center in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica.