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Sloths are mainly found in the continents of North and South America. They are tree dwelling animals that like sleeping and eating most of the time. Sloths are omnivorous animals who like eating buds, leaves, fruits, insects and others. They are always on target by eagles, snakes and jaguar.
They have long sharp claws that are used in gripping while climbing trees. Sloths are considered as slow moving mammals. They are solitary animals and their life can go up to 40 years.

sloth internet resources

Southern two toed sloth
Southern two toed sloth Fun Facts, Fact Sheet, Conservation Status and Description from the National Zoo.
https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/southern-two-to...

For Kids Only - Sloths
Sloths are very slow creatures. But, in my opinion, sloths are very smart..
wildernessclassroom.com/students/archiv...

Sloth Animals - A-Z Animals - Animal Facts
Sloths are tree dwelling mammals that pass their time sleeping and eating. The sloth happily eats both plants and insects, and occasionally small reptiles and birds.
a-z-animals.com/animals/sloth/

Clipart - Pictures - Illustrations of Sloth
A source for sloth pictures, illustrations and clipart
classroomclipart.com/clipart/Animals/Sloths...

Fun Facts About Sloths - Live Science
Known for being a sedentary tree-dwelling mammal, the sloth rarely moves at all spending much of its day hanging upside-down from tree limbs
livescience.com/27612-sloths.html

Hoffman's Sloth - Choloepus hoffmani
Hoffman's Sloth, diet and physical characteristics.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/account...

Toe-toed and Three-toed Sloth Facts Page
This page includes anything and everything related to the unusual mammals known as sloths...
wild-facts.com/tag/two-toed-sloth/

Sloth Coloring Page
Download a sloth coloring page printable
cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/Science/Animals...

Some Slothtastic Fun Facts About Sloths
You all know that sloths are medium-sized mammals that are either three-toed or two-toed. They love to eat leaves and buds, and they are well known to be slow-moving animals.
slothfacts.org/

Hoffman's sloth
One of the several species and subspecies of the family Choloepus, or two-toed sloths, the Hoffman's sloth is a bizarre mammal that..
library.sandiegozoo.org/factsheets/sloth/sl...