Facts About Sloths
• Sloths maintain a low body temperature of 30 to 34 C (86 to 93 F) and lower when resting
• Their stomach contents are two-thirds of their weight
• The sloth is descended from a family of mammals that appeared on earth about 60 million years ago
• There are 6 species of sloths alive today
• The 3-toed sloth is the slowest mammal in the world
• All living sloths have in fact 3 toes
• The 2-toed sloths, however, have only 2 fingers
• The Maned Three-toed Sloth is classified as endangered
• They’re currently found in the rainforests of Central and South America
• Sloths became extinct from parts of North and Central America immediately after the arrival of humans on the continents
• Now extinct giant ground sloths, could rear up as high as giraffes and weighed as much as a mammoth
• Sloths’ claws serve as their only natural defense
• In the wild they can live for 12 years but have exceeded 30 years in captivity
• Sloths mate while suspended from branches

adorable pics - they apparently also the most docile creatures in the world

Oh my hat, aren't they stunning little beasts.

so cute! can I have one?

Definitely the cutest deadly sin.

Some of my best friends are sloth

have a listen to "tim minchin " song about the sloth on u tube..... all of his songs are good 4 a laught