The three-toed sloth is an arboreal animal, inhabiting the tropical forests of Central and South America. Their algae-covered fur helps camouflage the sloth in its forest environment. Sloths spend nearly all of their time in trees, descending to the ground only once a week to defecate.
Sloths are herbivores (plant eaters), feeding on a low-energy diet of leaves, twigs and fruit. Because of their slow movement and metabolism, it can take up to a month for a sloth to digest a single meal.
Sloths are among the slowest-moving animals on Earth.
We have seen lots of Sloths in Costa Rica however this was the only Sloth we seen on our Amazon River cruise. Until you have seen a Sloth it is hard to actually imagine how slow they move. Incredible.
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