If you think their diet and slow mobility is an oddity, just wait until you hear about their living arrangements. (Takes a lot of energy to climb up and down that tree once a week, you know!) but 90% of the rest of their time is in a state of basically 'getting ready for bed' because they may be entirely motionless. Only about a ten-hour sleepy time per day. They also like to nap, but they're not sleeping quite as much as you might suspect. They nest in such trees and could potentially stay in the same tree for years at a time, feasting on just the leaves and a handful of fruits and bugs they'll find nearby and digesting their meal for upwards of month or more! (When they get to the messy bit-maybe once a week-they slowly climb down the tree just long enough to do their business, bury it away, and climb right back up to continue where they left off.)

They pretty much want the leaves of the cecropia tree, a South American rainforest floral tree that strangely got its name from an ancient king of Athens. but now you get to know a few strange quirks about the creature as well!įirst, they can be incredibly picky eaters. We can't get enough of the sloth! You probably came to this page because you know you love them. But, they have truly captivated our culture. You would think that a lazy creature with gigantic nails would raise an eyebrow or two and folks would move on to find another animal that more avidly speaks to their spirits. (Maybe not as strange as the platypus, but that's an entirely different discussion for later.) They're also pretty weird when you really think about it. Sloths are, without question, of one of the most beloved critters on the planet.

Sloth costume