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Oct 15, 2014 · 918K subscribers. Subscribed. 17K. 4.4M views 9 years ago. Three-toed sloths are some of the slowest and seemingly laziest creatures in the world. Instead of evolving to eat more, they...
Three-toed sloths (family Bradypodidae) move in the same way but often sit in the forks of trees rather than hanging from branches. Sloths have long legs, stumpy tails, and rounded heads with inconspicuous ears. Although they possess colour vision, their eyesight and hearing are not very acute; orientation is mainly by touch.
They occasionally drop from their treetop perches into water for a paddle. There are two different types of sloths, two-toed and three-toed, and six species: Pygmy three-toed sloth (Bradypus pygmaeus) Maned sloth (Bradypus torquatus) Pale-throated sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) Brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus)
Three-toed sloths have a combination of brown, dark brown, grey and white on the throat, face, chest, and shoulders. B. variegatus have a lighter brown color all over the body with dark brown on the throat and on the sides of the face and forehead.
The three-toed sloth is armed with long, compressed, arched, hollowed claws, of which the middle claw is the largest. Bradypus tridactylus grows to a length of between 1.5 and 2.5 ft. The limbs are long and weak, with anterior extremities that are nearly double the length of the posterior.
Sep 2, 2012 · Species Profile. Brown-Throated Three-Toed Sloth. Bradypus variegatus. Last updated on September 2, 2012. Anatomy. This cat-sized mammal, typically weighing 8 – 9 pounds, has a round head, a short snout, small eyes, long legs, tiny ears and a stubby tail.
Three-toed sloths are some of the slowest and seemingly laziest creatures in the world. Instead of evolving to eat more, they evolved to do less.
