Sloth

• The sloth is not lazy, just slow-moving.
  It is the slowest mammal on Earth, with a top speed of about 0.15 miles per hour (0.24 kilometers per hour).

• The sloth has a very low metabolism and a large stomach that helps it digest tough, fibrous leaves.
  It can take up to a month for a sloth to digest a single meal.

• The sloth only poops once a week, and can lose up to a third of its body weight in one sitting.
  It also descends from the tree canopy to the ground to do so, which is very risky and exposes it to predators.

• The sloth has a thick brown and slightly-greenish fur coat that is home to symbiotic green algae and sloth moths.

• The sloth has long, curved claws that help it hang from tree branches without using any energy.
  It can even remain suspended upside down after death.

• The sloth is three times stronger than the average human, and can withstand the force of a jaguar trying to rip it from the tree.
  It also has a highly specialized muscle arrangement that gives it extra strength.

• The sloth is related to armadillos and anteaters, not monkeys.

• The sloth lives in the tropical forests of Central and South America, where it feeds mostly on leaves, fruits, and sap of various trees.
  It spends most of its life in the trees, where it sleeps, rests, mates, and gives birth.

• The sloth is surprisingly good at swimming, and can use its long arms to propel itself through the water.
  It can also hold its breath for up to 40 minutes underwater.

• The sloth is a descendant of the extinct giant ground sloths, which were some of the only mammals that could process the huge avocado seeds whole.

• Linnaeus's two-toed sloth lives in the tropical and subtropical forests of northern South America, east of the Andes and south to the central Amazon basin.

• Hoffmann's two-toed sloth lives in the forests of Central and South America, from Nicaragua to Peru and western Brazil.

• The brown-throated sloth lives in the forests of Central and South America, from Honduras to Brazil and eastern Peru.

• The pale-throated sloth lives in the forests of northeastern South America, from Guyana to northern Brazil.

• The maned sloth lives in the Atlantic coastal forests of southeastern Brazil.

• The pygmy sloth lives only on a small island off the coast of Panama, called Isla Escudo de Veraguas.

A sloth is a small, tree-dwelling mammal that has long, curved claws, sharp teeth, and a shaggy coat of fur.

Sloths have three toes on each front foot, but two-toed sloths have only two fingers on each hand.

The fur of the sloth can be grayish or yellowish-brown in color, and it often has green algae growing on it, which helps the sloth camouflage in the forest canopy.

Sloths are known for their slow and deliberate movements, and they spend most of their time hanging upside down from branches or resting in tree forks.