Two-fingered sloth

"Did you know that a sloth can swim very well?"

Tweevingerige luiaard

  • Choloepus didactylus

    Scientific name

  • Tropisch regenwoud in Zuid-Amerika

    Habitat

  • Bladeren en fruit

    Food

  • 20-40 jaar

    Lifetime

  • 4-8 kg

    Weight

  • -

    Length

  • 1

    Number of youngsters

  • 6 tot 10,5 maanden

    Wear time

  • Veilig

    IUCN Status

  • Ja

    EEP

Wist je dat?

  • 40

    years, that's how old a two-fingered sloth can get

  • 8

    kilograms, that's how much a two-fingered sloth can weigh

  • 10,5

    months, that's how long a two-fingered sloth can be pregnant

Quietly

A sloth eats almost only leaves. There is not much energy in that. Therefore, it does everything quietly. A sloth sleeps about 15 hours a day. When it moves, it does so very slowly. Sloths spend most of their lives hanging upside down in a tree. About once a week they climb down very slowly to defecate on the ground.

Green hair

A sloth's hair grows from its belly to its back. This is because he almost always hangs upside down on a branch. Its hairs are very coarse. This allows algae to grow on his fur. So it looks like he has green hair. This is good camouflage for when you live in the rainforest.

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