KRISHANG SHUKLA - IV - B - ROLL NO.20 by Jatin Shukla https://padlet.com/cajatinshukla/m46eeeqmbjel803x THREE TOED SLOTH - ADAPTATION, HABITAT, DIET, INTERESTING FACTS AND LIFE SPAN en-us 2021-02-07 14:18:03 UTC 2026-01-05 15:47:40 UTC hello@padlet.com ADAPTATION cajatinshukla https://padlet.com/cajatinshukla/m46eeeqmbjel803x/wish/1173587045 Three-toed sloths have three extra neck bones which allow them to turn their heads 270°, which is a useful adaptation when predators can come from any direction. Sloths have thick, dense coats which keeps them dry during heavy downpours.]]> 2021-02-07 14:19:48 UTC https://padlet.com/cajatinshukla/m46eeeqmbjel803x/wish/1173587045 HABITAT cajatinshukla https://padlet.com/cajatinshukla/m46eeeqmbjel803x/wish/1173595402 The three-toed sloth is an arboreal animal, inhabiting the tropical forests of Central and South America. ]]> 2021-02-07 14:23:43 UTC https://padlet.com/cajatinshukla/m46eeeqmbjel803x/wish/1173595402 DIET cajatinshukla https://padlet.com/cajatinshukla/m46eeeqmbjel803x/wish/1173596563 Sloths are herbivores (plant eaters), feeding on a low-energy diet of leaves, twigs and fruit. ]]> 2021-02-07 14:24:19 UTC https://padlet.com/cajatinshukla/m46eeeqmbjel803x/wish/1173596563 INTERESTING FACTS cajatinshukla https://padlet.com/cajatinshukla/m46eeeqmbjel803x/wish/1173597336
  • Sloths are identified by the number of long, prominent claws that they have on each front foot. 
  • There are four living species of three-toed sloths ; these are the brown-throated sloth, the maned sloth, the pale-throated sloth, and the pygmy three-toed sloth which was only recognised as a distinct species in 2001. 
  • Being the world’s slowest mammal, the sloth travels at a top speed of 0.24 kilometres per hour.
  • They sleep in trees – some 15 to 20 hours every day. Even when awake they often remain motionless. 
  • At night they eat leaves, shoots and fruit from the trees and get almost all of their water from juicy plants.
  • Although they are quite slow in trees, three-toed sloths are agile swimmers. 
  • On land, sloths’ weak hind legs are not very powerful and their long claws are a hindrance. They cannot walk on all four limbs so they must use their front arms and claws to drag themselves across the rain forest floor. 
  • Three-toed sloth babies are often seen clinging to their mothers, they travel by hanging on to them for the first nine months of their lives. 
  • Extinct sloth species include many ground sloths, some of which were as big as elephants.  
    • ]]>     2021-02-07 14:24:43 UTC https://padlet.com/cajatinshukla/m46eeeqmbjel803x/wish/1173597336     LIFE SPAN cajatinshukla https://padlet.com/cajatinshukla/m46eeeqmbjel803x/wish/1173599285 Around 25 to 30 years ]]> 2021-02-07 14:25:15 UTC https://padlet.com/cajatinshukla/m46eeeqmbjel803x/wish/1173599285 THREE TOED SLOTH cajatinshukla https://padlet.com/cajatinshukla/m46eeeqmbjel803x/wish/1173631745 2021-02-07 14:42:01 UTC https://padlet.com/cajatinshukla/m46eeeqmbjel803x/wish/1173631745