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Sloths Melissa Gish
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Sorted into 2 groups: megalonychidae (2 toed sloth), and bradypodidae (3 toed sloth).
Megalonychidae have 5-7 vertebrae
bradypodidae ´s front limbs are about 35% longer than their back limbs
Bradypodidae sloth have 8-9 vertebrae
Bradypodidae sloths have moisture in their fur to grow algae
Sloths don't get much nutritional value from leaves and flowers so they eat the algae that grows on its skin
Moths fly into the sloths algae to help make it grow
Sloths have 18 teeth
Sloths stomachs look swollen by the gas from their digestion
Life span is 15 years
Sloths conserve energy by keeping a low temperature
Sloths have only 25% muscle so they can not shiver when it is cold
The main predator of the sloth is the harpy eagle
Female sloths are ready to mate when they are 3 years old when male sloths mate when they are 4-5 years
A baby sloth is called a pup
A pup is born when the mother was hanging from a branch in a tree
When the sloth is about 10 days old they start sampling on leaves and flowers that the mother gives it
When a sloth is about 3 weeks old,they can move around on the branch learning hand to hand movement from their mother
To learn which plants are poisonous, pups learn from their mother
A young sloth will move into its mothers area or move into other vacant area
In the amazon, sloths are called ais(eyes) because of their loud screams