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12 Adorable Facts About Sloths

Published: Aug 28, 2018 by Podkolzina Sonia · This post may contain affiliate links

Here are 12 adorable facts about one of nature’s slowest but sweetest animals, sloths!

#1 Sloths don’t smell.
Sloth clinging to a person's arm
#2 An ancient ancestor of the sloth, called Megatherium was the size of an elephant.
giant sloth eating leaves from the branch of the tree
#3 .Even though they look kind of like monkeys, their closest relatives include anteaters and armadillos.
smiling Sloth hanging from the branch of a tree
#4 Algae even grows on their fur!
Sloth lying down on the ground
#5 Sloths only urinate/defecate once a week.
Sloth art
#6 Female sloths are normally pregnant for seven to 10 months and will only give birth to one baby.
Sloth mom hugging its baby
#7 Baby sloths in the wild stay with their mothers until they are roughly a year old.
Sloth and her baby hanging from the branch of a tree
#8 Adult sloths can be 60-80 cm long and weigh from 3.6 to 7.7 kilograms. That’s the perfect size for cuddling!
Sloth hanging upside down
#9 Sloths are solitary creatures who only gather to mate.
baby Sloth in a woman's arms
#10 Sloths don’t make much noise. In fact, the only sound two-fingered sloths make is a hissing noise when they are scared.
face of a Sloth looking up
#11 Sloths’ primary predators include eagles, snakes, and jaguars.
Sloth lying flat with its arms and legs wide open on the ground
#12 Sloths are most often killed by climbing on poorly insulated electrical wires, or being hit by cars.

Sloth crawling on the road towards the grass

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