Facts About Three-Toed Sloths
Facts you probably did not know about sloths
First source
Sloths don't sleep 15-20 hours average but a little over 9 and 1/2 hours on an average day. Sloths only get off their tree once a week just to go to the bathroom. Sloths can almost turn their head 360 degrees (which is almost a complete rotation).
Second source
Dead sloths can maintain grip to suspend on a branch after their death. Sloths are clumsy on land but are very good swimmers (on some occasions sloths will drop out of a tree and in to the water). The sloth is related to an anteaters and armadillos.
Third Source
Sloths are 18-23 inches long and 8-10 pounds when fully mature. When 9 months old they will have to be dependent on themselves. Sloths are endangered because of lose of habitat.
Source's
1. Gallagher, Danny. "10 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Sloths." thefw. thefw. Web. 24 May 2013. <http://thefw.com/>.
2. Computers, Orillia. "Sloth Facts." Weird Facts. Weird Facts. Web. 24 May 2013. <http://www.weirdfacts.com/>.
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