12 Adorable Facts About Sloths

by Podkolzina Sonia

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

#1 Sloths don’t smell.

#2 An ancient ancestor of the sloth, called Megatherium was the size of an elephant.

#3 .Even though they look kind of like monkeys, their closest relatives include anteaters and armadillos.

#4 Algae even grows on their fur!

#5 Sloths only urinate/defecate once a week.