Interesting Sloth Facts
Interesting Sloth Facts
2. The sloth is classified as a mammal because it has lungs, it is warm-blooded, and It has live births. The sloth’s classification is a mammal because it does not have eggs, but has live births. Sloths are have fur and are very shy animals. There have a backbone and are very slow animals.
3. The sloth camouflages by blending in with the tree trunk. Their fur blends in with the branches. Male sloths are shy animals. They like to be alone. Females sometimes congregate together.
4. The sloth lives on a tree. It lives in the canopy layer of the Rainforest. They live most of their life hanging upside down. They hold onto tree branches with strong curved claws.
5. A sloth is vary shy animals. Sloth’s are small animals they are 2 feet or 61centimeters long. The sloth got its name from its slow movement.
6. It has dark eyes, long claws, and it’s body is black and brown. It can blend into the trees it lives in.
7. A three toed sloth finds it’s food in the trees. It can lives its whole life and never have to go to the ground.
8. It has a long high pitched call that sounds like this “ahheee.’’
10. Sloths sleep during the day and spend 15 to 18 hours a day.
11. Sloths are hunted by jaguars, harpy eagles and people.
12. Sloths live 10-20 years in the wild.
13. The sloth lives in Central or South America. They hang from Corpora tree. The sloth body temperature is 91 degrees F. Sloths get green algae on their fur. Some sloth have white mouths so they can hide their mouths.
15. The sloth is very small. It does not move well on land. It can barely walk on land. They can stay in the trees and live their whole life on a branch.
16. It could live up to 30 years.
17. The sloth is the slowest mammal on Earth.
18. Sloths are quadrupeds (four-legged animals) who "walk" upside-down along tree branches. They only rarely venture to the ground and walk on the ground in an upright position.
19. Sloths can swim well.
20. Adult females produce a single baby each year. They give birth upside down hanging from a tree branch.
21. Three toed sloths look like they are always smiling.
22. They sleep about 15 to 18 hours each day, hanging upside down. Sloths may live 10-20 years in the wild.
23. Three toed sloths have two extra neck bones so it can turn its head almost all the way around.
24. Almost everything a sloth does is in the trees such as eating ,mating and even giving birth. The only thing sloths do on the ground is poo.
25. Sloths have a four-part stomach that slowly digests tough leaves they eat.
26. Sometimes it can take upto a month for a sloth to digest it's meal.
27. Despite the belief they live in trees, they are excellent swimmers.
Two toed Sloth
28. Sloths can retain their grip after death. 29. All sloths have three toes even the two tord ones.
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