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Sloths eat leaves and buds of trees. However, contrary to popular belief, they dont drink, but get thier water from eating juicy leaves and licking dewdrops
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If You are ever hiking deep into the rainforest and come across a sloth......... beware. Exhibit extreme caution around these volatile animals. Although they may look harmless, their bite can be fatal.
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In the warmer summer months, it is not uncommon to see a hairless sloth. Since a sloth uses its thick fur coat for camoflauge, a naked sloth feels very unprotected.
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It is very rare to catch a glimpse of a sloth on the ground. They spend most of their lives in the trees. It is very dangerous for a sloth on the ground. Jaguars, Humans and ocelots can easily capture them here. The sloth moves on the ground using its arms, because it cannot walk.
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A sloth is most comfortable upside down. It sleeps, eats, mates and gives birth upside-down. Sloths become agitated if they do not get 15 hours of rest each day.
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The picture to the right is of the two toed sloth. This creature is a vile being. It is still called a sloth, but it moves around way too much for our standards. If you see this little bitch around town, dont say "whats up?", beat his wannabe ass!!!!!
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Sloths frequent schoolyards mainly because predators do not usually hunt there. However, once in a while an unlucky sloth will be attacked from behind.
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After wading through puddles of water, a sloth's coat will usually be covered in algae.
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If you ever happen upon a sloth after dusk. Beware!! These creatures are very protective at night. If alarmed a sloth will secrete urea from its sweat glands.
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Sloth excrement has been used by Indians to make china. Hundreds of years ago, Indians would bake sloth feces to produce magnificent pottery.
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This is another rare glimpse of a two toed sloth (species Humungo Fatasshito). Seconds after this photo was taken, the sloth violently mauled the cameraman.
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Pictured above is Leapicus Hopica, the nicaraguan Leaping sloth. Rather than climbing from tree to tree, it leaps.
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