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Sloth Facts for Kids | Classroom Learning Video

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Sloths are slow-moving mammals that spend most of their lives in trees. They cling to the trunks or hang upside down from the branches. Sloths live in the tropical forests of Central and South America. They are related to armadillos and anteaters.

Sloths can grow up to 27 inches (69 centimeters) long. They have thick skin and either a short, stumpy tail or no tail at all. The fur is usually grayish brown or tan. Sloths often have a greenish tint because of algae on their fur. The algae protects sloths from other animals by helping them to blend in with tree leaves.

Sloths have either two or three toes on their feet. The toes have long, curved claws, which the sloth uses to grasp branches. Two-toed sloths spend much of the time hanging onto trees with all four legs. Three-toed sloths often sit on the branches rather than hang from them.

Sloths are quiet animals that live alone. They sleep most of the day. Sloths sleep hanging upside down, with the head tucked up between the front legs. At night they move very slowly through the trees eating leaves and fruit. Sloths rarely come down from the trees because they cannot walk.

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Sloths are slow-moving mammals that spend most of their lives in trees. They cling to the trunks or hang upside down from the branches. Sloths live in the tropical forests of Central and South America. They are related to armadillos and anteaters. Sloths can grow up to 27 inches (69 centimeters) long.

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Check out our awesome range of animal facts for kids and learn some fun trivia about our friends in the animal kingdom.

Fun Sloth Facts for Kids

Enjoy our range of fun sloth facts for kids. Learn what they eat, how far sloths can extend their tongue, where they live, why sloths move so slowly and lots more interesting information. Read on and check out our cool trivia about sloths.

Sloths are a medium-sized mammal. There are two types of sloth the two-toed sloth and the three-toed sloth, they are classified into six different species.

All sloths actually have three toes, but the two-toed sloth has only two fingers.

Sloths are part of the order Pilosa so they are related to anteaters and armadillos.

Sloths are tree-dwelling animals, they are found in the jungles of Central and South America.

A sloth's body is usually 50 to 60 cm long. Skeletons of now extinct species of sloth suggest some varieties used to be as large as elephants.

Sloths mainly eat the tree buds, new shoots, fruit and leaves, of the Cecropia tree. Some two-toed sloths also eat insects, small reptiles, and birds.

Sloths have a four-part stomach that very slowly digests the tough leaves they eat, it can sometimes take up to a month for them to digest a meal. Digesting this diet means a sloth has very little energy left to move around making it one of the slowest moving animals in the world.

Sloths can move along the ground at just 2 m (6.5 ft) per minute! In the trees they are slightly quicker at 3 m (10 ft) per minute.

The slow-movement and unique thick fur of the sloth make it a great habitat for other creatures such as moths, beetles, cockroaches, fungi, and algae. In fact, this green colored algae provides a camouflage so sloths can avoid predators.

Sloths can extend their tongues 10 to 12 inches out of their mouths.

The sloth has very long, sharp, and strong claws that they use to hold on to tree branches. The claws are also their only natural defense against predators.

Sloths usually only leave the tree they live in to go to the toilet once a week on the ground. This is when they are most vulnerable to being attacked by their main predators such as jaguars, the harpy eagle and snakes.

Two-toed sloths are nocturnal, being most active at night. While three-toed sloths are diurnal which means they are most active during the day.

It used to be thought sloths slept for 15 to 20 hours a day. However, its now believed they only sleep around 10 hours a day.

In the wild, sloths live on average 10 - 16 years and in captivity over 30 years.

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Fun Sloth Facts for Kids - Interesting Information about Sloths

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Check out our awesome range of animal facts for kids and learn some fun trivia about our friends in the animal kingdom. Fun Sloth Facts for Kids Enjoy our range of fun sloth facts for kids. Learn what they eat, how far sloths can extend their tongue, where they live, why sloths move so slowly and lots more interesting information.

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Many young giraffes, called calves, die from lion attacks during their first year of life. Once a giraffe reaches adulthood its height is often enough to protect it from lions. Adult giraffes, however, must still be careful of lions when they are bending down to drink water or rest. Usually giraffes will drink or rest in shifts so that at least one giraffe is always on the lookout for approaching predators.​

​The giraffes' height and excellent vision give them a wide view of the grasslands where they live, making it easy to spot predators from a distance. Some scientists believe that other animals-such as zebras, antelope, and wildebeests-often congregate near giraffes to take advantage of their ability to see danger from a distance. The giraffe could be considered the early warning system of the African grasslands.

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Giraffes grow about 4 feet (1.2 meters) in their first year of life. A newborn giraffe is about 6 feet (1.9 meters) tall at birth and weighs about 150 pounds (68 kilograms). Many young giraffes, called calves, die from lion attacks during their first year of life.

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Easy Science for Kids Salamanders and Newts - learn fun facts about animals, the human body, our planet and much more. Fun free Salamanders and Newts activities!

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The white tiger is a rare form of the Bengal tiger ( Panthera tigris tigris). It is exactly the same as a regular Bengal tiger except for the color of its fur. Unlike normal Bengal tigers, which are a reddish tan, or orange, with black vertical stripes, white tigers are white with black stripes. Pure white tigers have white fur with no stripes. White tigers have pink noses and blue eyes. ( See also tiger.)

The change in fur color happens when a tiger has a different genetic code for color than a normal tiger. Genetic codes, also called genes, are inherited from the parents. The code for a white tiger is called a recessive gene because it can only turn a tiger white if no genes coding for normal color are present. This means that a white tiger inherits the white gene from both its parents. Only about one in every 10,000 natural births will produce a white tiger.

White tigers are extremely rare in the wild. At one time they were found in India, where normal Bengal tigers are also common. Now they can be found in captivity throughout the world. Like the reddish tan Bengal tigers, the white ones are also endangered.

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The white tiger is a rare form of the Bengal tiger ( Panthera tigris tigris). It is exactly the same as a regular Bengal tiger except for the color of its fur. Unlike normal Bengal tigers, which are a reddish tan, or orange, with black vertical stripes, white tigers are white with black stripes.

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A white tiger is a Bengal tiger - it is not a species or sub-species of tiger as some people think.

Like all Bengal tigers they used to live in the wild in Asia, particularly in countries like India. Now though, they live in captivity, which helps keep them protected.

What do White Tigers look like?

White Tigers have a creamy white coat, blue eyes and gray or brown-colored stripes. Pretty beautiful!

White tigers can weigh up to around 570 pounds, which is a little more than the weight of two giant pandas. They can grow to be more than ten feet long.

White tiger is about 80 to 110 cms tall at the shoulder.

They like living in and grassy areas, and their stripes help give them some camouflage!

Why are White Tigers White

White tigers are white due to their genes, or their genetics.

It's also not the albino kind (which is a form that lacks hair and skin color). For a white tiger to be born, two Bengal tigers with specific recessive genes have to mate.

Their white fur is caused by an absence of pheomelanin, a pigment found in the normal orange tigers. This, however, is exceedingly uncommon, occurring just once per 10,000 births.

Their coat darkens when the weather becomes colder. When exposed to low temperatures, the White Tiger, like Siamese Cats and Himalayan Rabbits, produces an enzyme that induces a response in its fur, turning them darker.

The weaker immune system associated with their genetic coloring is thought to be the reason.

White Tigers vs Regular Tigers

The face of a white tiger is similar to that of any other Bengal tiger. They are only different when it comes to their color. The fur on their face is white, meaning you can easily tell them apart from other Bengal tigers.

A white tiger also has very intriguing eyes - they are sapphire blue which combined with their white coat, makes them look very attractive and fascinating.

White male tigers weigh approximately 190 to 260 kg (420 to 570 pounds). You sure wouldn't be able to lift them very easily, even if you did get close to one!

White Tigers have also been seen to grow quicker than their orange counterparts. They are larger from the moment they are born, and this continues until adulthood. When they are 3 years old, they are considered completely developed.

Where do White Tigers live?

Like all Bengal tigers they used to live in the wild in , particularly in countries like . Only 12 white tigers were seen in the wild throughout the twentieth century. Now they live in captivity, which helps keep them protected.

When white tigers were first discovered in the wild, they shared the same habitat as orange Bengal tigers. Its primary habitat consisted of areas of the jungle with plenty of food, water, and trees.

Tigers have historically inhabited a wide range of habitats, including tropical rain forests, savannahs and mangroves.

White Tiger Behavior

When compared to the usual orange Bengal tiger, white tigers are more muscular, stronger and moreaggressive.

The white tiger, like all other tigers, is a solitary animal that lives in its own territory of around 20 square miles.

They are diurnal (active during daytime) but most of their hunting is after dusk.

How Long do White Tigers Live

In the wild, tigers usually live for around 10 years. Since almost all white tigers live in captivity, they live longer, for around 15 years.

What do White Tigers Eat

The white tiger, like all other tigers, is a carnivore, which means it hunts and eats other animals.

There are no white tigers living in the wild anymore, but when they were in the wild more than a hundred years ago, they hunted just like orange Bengal tigers. They hunt animals at night, approaching gently so as not to be noticed.

White tigers in the wild mostly hunted herbivores like deer, goats, buffalo, wild boar, baby elephants and baby rhinoceros. If they are hungry and unable to find herbivores, they also kill and eat leopards and wolves.

Tigers don't eat stale meat and have a strong preference for freshly killed animals. They can consume 40 pounds of meat in a single feeding.

What are Snow Tigers?

Snow tigers are not a species of tiger but are actually white Bengal tigers. Some people refer to tigers who live where it snows, as Snow Tigers, but that would be Siberian Tigers which are also known at Amur Tigers.

Interesting White Tiger Facts:

In 1561, the very first sighting of a white tiger was documented in India in Akbar Nama (a chronicle maintained by the Mughal King Akbar).

White Bengal tiger It is the develops faster and is heavier than the conventional orange-colored Bengal tiger. second largest tiger, smaller only to the Siberian Tiger.

The white tiger's peak speed is 60 miles per hour.

Each tiger's stripes are distinct from those of other tigers. They aren't simply fur-deep either. If you shaved a white tiger, you'd notice that the stripes were still visible on their skin.

Mohan is the most well-known white tiger to be discovered in the wild. All 200 white tigers in captivity today are believed to be descended from Mohan.

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At about 50 cm (1.5 ft.) tall at the shoulder, 130 cm (4 ft.) in length, and 35-70 kg (75-150 lb.), the capybara takes the title of world's largest rodent.

Capybaras are semi-aquatic, spending a lot of time in the water. They inhabit southern Central America and northern South America in both savannas and rain forests near ponds, rivers, or lakes.

A constant source of water is important to capybaras, who retreat into murky waters to escape from predators like jaguars, anacondas, caimans, pumas, ocelots, and harpy eagles.

Capybaras are physically well-adapted to a semi-aquatic lifestyle. Their webbed feet help them maneuver in water and traverse soft, muddy ground. Their facial features are located towards the top of their large heads, allowing them see and breathe while swimming. Capable of staying submerged for up to 5 minutes, capybaras can press their ears against their heads to keep water out. Once they exit the water, their thin coat of coarse hair dries quickly.

Spending the hottest portions of the day in water or wallowing in the shade, capybaras graze in the morning and evening when it's cooler. They feed on grasses and aquatic plants, consuming 3-3.5 kg (6-8 lb.) a day.

Capybaras have special digestive adaptations that allow them to absorb enough nutrients from their highly fibrous diet. A large fermentation chamber, or cecum, in their intestines stores and churns the fibrous materials while mixing in bacteria, enzymes, and gases that aid in digestion. Capybaras also eat their own droppings - an activity called coprophagy. Coprophagy allows them to ingest a higher percentage of proteins and other nutrients.

Very social animals, capybaras live in small family groups of about 10-20. A typical group includes one dominant male, several females, their offspring, and a few subordinate males. The dominant male, usually the heaviest, stares down the other males in the group, driving them to the outer edges of the group. Here, the subordinate males act as sentinels (or lookouts), performing warning barks when a predator is near.

In some cases, a subordinate male will challenge the leader. The two capybaras will charge each other, rear up onto their hind legs, and engage in a scuffle until one flees the scene.

Usually, a group of capybaras has a ratio of one male to two females. The ratio is preserved because the subordinate males in the periphery of the group are more susceptible to predation. Also, juvenile males are sometimes forced out of the group once they reach sexual maturity, leaving them to fend for themselves. Without the protection of the group dynamic, these bachelors become easy targets.

Being the dominant male has several advantages. Not only does he enjoy a position toward the center of the group, safer from predators, he also mates with all the females in the group.

Capybaras mate in the water. After a 5-month gestation period, the female capybara will give birth to four to five babies. After a few days, when the babies join the rest of the group, they are communally nursed by all the females. In this way, all the offspring in the group stay together.

Baby capybaras are not effective swimmers at first, so they stay on land, hiding under brushy cover. Their smaller stature and inability to swim well make them susceptible to predators like foxes, vultures, feral dogs, and piranhas.

Capybaras can live 8-10 years in the wild, and around 12 years in captivity.

Conservation Status

Although capybaras are currently considered by the IUCN Red List to be of least concern of becoming extinct, their populations have been largely affected by hunting in the past. People eat capybara meat and produce leather from their skin. In the countries where capybara populations started to dwindle, hunting restrictions were enacted, and capybara numbers stabilized.

Capybara Distribution

Capybara Resources

Blog Posts about the Capybara

About the Author

Abi Cushman is a contributing editor of Animal Fact Guide and My House Rabbit. When she's not writing about weird animal facts, Abi writes and illustrates funny books for kids. Her debut picture book, , comes out on July 14, 2020 from Viking Children's Books.

To learn more and to download free activity sheets, visit www.abicushman.com.

Last updated on August 24, 2014.

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At about 50 cm (1.5 ft.) tall at the shoulder, 130 cm (4 ft.) in length, and 35-70 kg (75-150 lb.), the capybara takes the title of world's largest rodent. Capybaras are semi-aquatic, spending a lot of time in the water.

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The capybara is the largest living rodent in the world. It is a mammal native to Central and South America. The capybara, which is also called the carpincho or the water hog, is semiaquatic, meaning it lives near water. It is related to the guinea pig. The capybara's scientific name is Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris.

Capybaras have short, coarse hair that is yellowish, reddish, or brownish. They have blunt snouts, short legs, small ears, and almost no tail. The largest capybaras may be 4 feet (1.3 meters) long and weigh 145 pounds (66 kilograms) or more. The smaller Panamanian capybaras weigh about 60 pounds (27 kilograms).

Capybaras are shy and gather in groups along the banks of lakes and rivers. They normally feed in the morning and evening. They spend most of the day resting under cover along the water banks. Capybaras are herbivores (plant eaters) and sometimes become farm pests by eating melons, grain, and squash. They have partially webbed feet and are good swimmers and divers. They commonly enter water to escape predators such as jaguars and anacondas. Capybaras use grunts, whistles, and barks to communicate with each other. The female bears a single litter of three to eight young each year. Capybaras are edible and in some areas are raised for meat.

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The capybara is the largest living rodent in the world. It is a mammal native to Central and South America. The capybara, which is also called the carpincho or the water hog, is semiaquatic, meaning it lives near water. It is related to the guinea pig. The capybara's scientific name is Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris.

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Dolphins look like big fishes, but they are actually mammals. They belong to a large group of animals called whales. Dolphins are closely related to porpoises. Because dolphins and porpoises look so much alike, people often confuse the two. However, dolphins are usually larger and have longer, beaklike snouts.

There are more than 35 species, or types, of dolphin. They are divided into two groups: true dolphins and river dolphins. True dolphins live throughout the world in either salt water or freshwater. The most widespread species are the common dolphin and the bottlenose dolphin. River dolphins live only in South America and Asia. They prefer freshwater.

Most dolphins are 7-10 feet (2-3 meters) long, but some species can reach a length of 13 feet (4 meters). Dolphins have smooth, rubbery skin. They are usually colored in some mixture of black, white, and gray. They have two flippers, or fins, on their sides, as well as a triangular fin on the back. A dolphin must come up to the water's surface to get air. It breathes through a single nostril, called a blowhole, on the top of its head.

Dolphins are known for being intelligent and playful. They live together in groups, called schools. They use sounds to communicate.

About 10 to 12 months after mating, a female dolphin gives birth to a single baby, or calf. The mother nudges the newborn calf up to the surface so that it can take its first breath. Some types of dolphin may live for 30 years.

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