A handy guide to the changing body of knowledge about sloth biology and sloth behavior. Includes the surprise (discussed here before in an interview with a zoologist from the Smithsonian's National Zoo) that supposedly slow sloths that move quite quickly under certain circumstances.

  • http://nelc.livejournal.com/ NelC

    I recall reading in one of naturlist Gerald Durrell’s (brother of novelist Lawrence Durrell) books his account of trying to transport a sloth to a zoo, and finding that the normally slow animal had lightning speed with its claws when upset.

    • digi_owl

      They may be sloths, but they are not pacifists.

  • awjt

    How apropos: the link loads slowly.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/PipLagenta Pip_R_Lagenta

    “…sloths that move quite quickly under certain circumstances”  I think I saw that video!  They move fast when they are chased by Samurai, right?  Or was it Ninjas?

    • Boundegar

      When launched from a catapult.

  • parfae

    They also love heavy metal.

    • jimh

      And Bud Light.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=546175298 Ian Morgan

    And eat cocaine off America’s gravestone

  • awjt

    I <3 SNL