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Sloth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The living sloths comprise six species of medium-sized mammals belonging to the families Megalonychidae and Bradypodidae, part of the order Pilosa. They are arboreal residents of the rainforests of ...
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Pale-throated Sloth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Pale-throated Sloth ( Bradypus tridactylus ) is a three-toed sloth that inhabits tropical rainforests of Colombia, Venezuela, the Guyanas and Brazil. This sloth lives high in the canopy. It is...
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Sloths are some of the most arboreal of mammals, spending almost their entire lives in the trees. There are five species total of the "three-toed" and "two-toed" sloths, all inhabiting the tropical forests of Central and South America.
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Here is a list of all of the popes who reigned during the second century. The first number is which pope they were. This is followed by their chosen name, the starting and ending dates of their reigns, and finally the number of years they were pope. ... 5. St. Evaristus: 97 - 105 (c. 8 years); ... 6. St. Alexander I: c.
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Male sloths are solitary, shy animals. Females sometimes congregate together. Sloths are nocturnal; they are most active at night and sleep all day. SLOTH ANATOMY; Sloths have a thick brown (and slightly-greenish) fur coat.
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Anatomy: Sloths have a thick brown (and slightly-greenish) fur coat and are about the size of a cat (roughly 2 feet = 61 cm long). They have a short, flat head, big eyes, a short snout, a short or non-existent tail, long legs, and tiny ears.
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This makes the sloth appear greenish, which makes a very handy camouflage in the canopy (Reid, 1997). It is thought that by licking or absorbing the algae through their skin, sloths maybe gaining nutrients (Sloth, 2001). An algae culture from a brown-throated sloth showed four phyla.
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Sloths often look greenish because of algae growing on their long thick hair (what was the old saw about a rolling stone gathering no moss?). The sloth rarely descends to the ground.
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