Sloth Fun Facts:
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- One of the most loving animals.
- Sloths are good pets and are very good with children. A sloth owner will never have to worry about it running away because it is simply too slow, but it may eat clothes & tear furniture with claws according to experienced, Kelly Ferguson.
- Three-toed sloths make a long, high-pitched call that echoes through the forests as “ahh-eee”.
- They often mistake their arms for branches and fall to their death.
- There was once a giant sloth known as Megatherium, who stood 7 meters tall and weighed 7 tons.
- October 20th is international Sloth day.
- Sloths are excellent swimmers.
- Sloths have very little muscle mass but are able to grasp onto trees firmly with their claws. Dead sloths have even been known to remain clinging to a tree limb.
- Sloths are solitary, coming together only to mate.
- Sloths only poop once a week and venture to the bottom of the trees to do so. The sloth has one of the slowest digestion systems.
How cute a sloth really is...?There are two different types of people in this world; those who think sloths are adorable and those who think they are the ugliest creatures to walk this earth. If you happen to be the type that just hates sloths, then I highly suggest you watch this video and allow it to change your mind!
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What is Megatherium?
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Megatherium is an extinct giant ground sloth of the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs in America, reaching a height of 7 meters when standing erect.
As read on the Sloth Sanctuary, "this giant stood a staggering seven meters tall, and weighed a whopping seven tons! Megatherium, which means giant beast, lived from some 35 million years ago until around 11,000 years ago, which coincides with the last Ice Age."
As read on the Sloth Sanctuary, "this giant stood a staggering seven meters tall, and weighed a whopping seven tons! Megatherium, which means giant beast, lived from some 35 million years ago until around 11,000 years ago, which coincides with the last Ice Age."
What is Megalonyx?
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Megalonyx (Greek, "great claw") is an extinct genus of giant ground sloths of the family Megalonychidae endemic to North America from the Hemphillian of the Late Miocene through to the Rancholabrean of the Pleistocene, living from ~10.3 Mya—11,000 years ago, existing for approximately 10.289 million years. As also read on the Sloth Sanctuary, "like other ground sloths Megalonyx had a blunt snout,
massive jaw, and large, peg-like teeth. The hind limbs were plantigrade
(flat-footed) and this, along with its stout tail, allowed it to rear up into a
semi-erect position to feed on tree leaves. The forelimbs had three highly
developed claws that were probably used to strip leaves and tear off branches."
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Celebs reaction to meeting a sloth..Movie celebrity, Kristin Bell, has been featured on the Ellen Degeneres Show a couple of times now. Ellen, knowing Bell's deep passion for sloths, teases her saying that she has one on the show today when really she did not. That was until the next time Bell appeared on the show when Ellen actually surprised movie star Bell with a real live sloth. These videos show the stars excitement and overwhelming obsession of the mammals themselves!
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