The sluggish tree-dwellers of Central and South America—spend their lives in the tropical rain forests. They move through the canopy at a rate of about 40 yards per day, munching on leaves, twigs and buds. Sloths have an exceptionally low metabolic rate and spend 15 to 20 hours per day sleeping.
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Where They Are Found
Sloths are found in Central and South American rainforests.
What They Eat
What do sloths eat? Sloths munch on leaves, twigs and buds. Because the animals don't have incisors, they trim down leaves by smacking their firm lips together. A low metabolic rate means sloths can survive on relatively little food; it takes days for them to process what other animals can digest in a matter of hours.
Their Friends
The sloth’s hair is a living, breathing home to many different organisms, from microbes, insects to fungi and algae. Even the entire lifecycle of some moth species, including Cryptoses Choloepi Dyar, relies almost exclusively on sloths.
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