These are found in the Amazon jungle, I love their friendly faces...



They are veeery slow.



Herbivores, their food takes 30days to digest because they use so little energy

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Excellent climbers.



Sometimes, use electric lines to migrate out of the jungle into dangerous cities





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On ground, they walk on their bellies. They are considered to be in their primitive stage of evolution.

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A sloth with a young one

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Very loving creatures

Amazing....

I love that hug

These dirty, smelling creatures?

Pidgin2:
These dirty, smelling creatures?

Really?

With that permanent smile it doesn't matter so much .

If na Naija I can imagine them$ been stoned into extinction in the name of witchcraft..

Baroba:
If na Naija I can imagine them$ been stoned into extinction in the name of witchcraft..

He he

They do have a suspicious look

But I just watched a documentary where they looked like they'd been injected a serious sedative. One had just been electrocuted while climbing power lines and was just smiling as the vet was scrubbing its wounds with something

Such enviable peace of mind

Agreed drshrewd. The poor thing was brutally murdered