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Number of sloths  increasing over the years

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Number of sloths  increasing over the years

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Jaguars, large birds of pray, Snakes and us are predators to them
Protect themselves with their claws
Loosing habitat , people chopping down trees to get paper, more room to build, and more
Hunting for fur, to make clothes
Mangrove trees are the home and food for sloths, those trees are getting cut down

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Scientific name - Bradypus, means slow feet in Greek
Fur grows towards spine, allows rain to run down back  when upside down
On baby at a time
Can't stand or walk
Slowest mammal on Earth
Sloths body temperature is 91 degrees Fahrenheit
Go down tree once a week for toilet, takes hour to get there
Tropical mammals
Slowest animal on Earth
Long time ago sloths grew as big as Elephants

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Only leave tree to swim and to go to the toilet
Mate in trees
Give birth in trees
Baby's stay with mother for a long time to ride on mothers back

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3-4 inches claws (8-10cm)
3 toed sloth
Thick fur- makes them unique
Strong hooked claws, like hangers to grip tightly
Fur full of caterpillars that eat plants on its hair.

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Like to swim
Like to sleep
Like to eat
Lazy
Sleep for 15-20 hours per day

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Canopy part of Forrest
Canopy leaves can be 4m long - like huge, green umbrellas
Rain and cloud Forrest
Currently in South America
Originally in the West America
Rainforest
Spend their most lives in trees
More than 1/2 of plants and animals live and grow in Canopy
Animals find it safe in the Canopy
Lots of fruit in the trees for the sloths to eat
Canopy like a roof to lower areas of Forrest

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.Not very fast because they don't get much energy from leaves
Takes up to 1 full month to eat 1 meal
They only eat leaves
Leaves in Sloths diet are hard to eat
Sloths have a 4 part stomach to eat leaves with bacteria

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Lives in the canopy
Canopy: is in South America

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Rain and cloud Forrest