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Rescued Baby Three Toed Sloth

Brown Throated Three Toed Sloth

Brown Throated Three Toed Sloth

The Slow, Slow, Slow Three Toed Sloth


Brown Throated Three Toed Sloth
Male Three Toed Sloth resting on tree branch.

Brown Throated Three Toed Sloth; Did you Know?

  • climb down from trees to the ground once per week to go to the bathroom.
  • have a low energy diet therefore move slowly to conserve their energy.
  • have algae growing on their fur giving the fur a greenish tinge. This help provides more camouflage within the tropical vegetation for them against potential predators.
Brown Throated Three Toed Sloth
A Three Toed Sloth reaching for a branch

Brown Throated Three Toed Sloth eating Cecropia leaves.
Three Toed Sloth eating Cecropia leaves.
Rescued Baby Brown Throated Three Toed Sloth
Rescued Baby Three Toed Sloth

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Checkout Wildlife in Central America 1; 25 Amazing Animals Living in Tropical Rainforests and River Habitats

Original wildlife photography and researched information text by Cyril Brass


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Wildlife in Central America 1 is part of the Wildlife around the World Series books.

Other wildlife books in the series;

La Vida Silvestre en Centroamerica 1
La Vida Silvestre en Centroamerica 1
La vida silvestere en Centroamerica 2
La vida silvestere en Centroamerica 2

Brown Throated Three Toed Sloth

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