two-toed sloths

Poll

Is This Creature Cute or Creepy?

When Sugar staffer sabs shared this fun picture from her honeymoon in Costa Rica, it unexpectedly sparked quite the debate: Are sloths hot or not?While they've got a bunch of baffling habits, I still think they're pretty cute, do you?

When Sugar staffer sabs shared this fun picture from her honeymoon in Costa Rica, it unexpectedly sparked quite the debate: Are sloths hot or not?While they've got a bunch of baffling habits, I still think they're pretty cute, do you?

wild animals

Creature Features: Two-Toed Sloth

Time to get your wild animal fix!

Time to get your wild animal fix! I just saw this cute picture of a not-that-common creature so I acted very non-slothlike and dug up some fun facts about the Two-Toed Sloth that you can tell just from looking at the picture!

  • Check out the claws. Sloths get their names based on the number of large claws on their front feet – either two or three – and both have three claws in the back! These claws help them grip and climb those branches upside down in a hand-over-hand motion.
  • Check out how quickly it moves. Not. This is the world's slowest mammal – so inactive that algae grows on its furry coat giving it a greenish tint as camouflage in the tropical canopy layer.
  • Curious to learn more about this animal, then read more