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Sloth update

The Two-toed sloth is found in Colombia and other south american countries. Heres some info for you sloth lovers:-

Diet: Leaves - folivore, fruits, frugivore, occasional insects. In the Zoo the diet is very similar, a salad of fruit and vegetables, hard-boiled eggs, bread and cooked rice.

Food & feeding: Omnivore

Habitats: Tropical rainforest

Conservation status: Lack of information

Relatives: Three-toed sloth, Giant anteater

Description: The two-toed sloth has a body weight of 7-9 kg. It is usually brown in colour, ranging from light tan to dark brown, with lighter fur around the face and head. The under fur is dense, often matted, while the outer fur is finer and sleek. The hair flows back from the head and as the animal is almost constantly upside down, the body hair lies from belly to back so that the rain will run off. Often the fur has a greenish tinge caused by microscopic plants that live on the hairs. There are two claws on each fore foot and three on the hind feet. The fore claws may measure up to 7.5 cm (3 inches). Sloths are actually much better at swimming than walking, using their strong fore feet to propel themselves through the water, although they spend almost all of their time in the trees.

Lifestyle: This unusual leaf-eating animal spends most of its solitary life hanging upside down from the forest canopy. It eats, sleeps, breeds and nurses its young in this position, but will sit in the fork of a tree and sometimes descends to the ground. However, it usually avoids going down to the ground where there is risk of predators such as jaguars and ocelots. The two-toed sloth is nocturnal, sleeping during the daytime and eating at night. They move very slowly at night, one limb at a time, at about 0.5 km per hour, but when sufficiently motivated they are capable of moving at about 1.6 km per hour. Swimming is an adaptation to the annual floods that occur in the forest.

Family & friends: Sloths are solitary, coming together only to mate.

By gringolondinense on Jan 2, 2007, 03:40 in Friendly Talkzone.

goin_south says on Jan 2, 2007, 23:30:

by the way, I hope it didn't disturb these little docile guys WHEN THE CITIZENS OF PASTO WENT AGAINST THE AUTHORITIES ON NEW YEAR'S EVE AND lit up the sky anyway with their fireworks!

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