Case Study
Sloths are very slow moving mammals. They are herbivores and digest food very slowly meaning they need to have small portions of it. Sloths can live up to 30 years maximum, but have been found to live up to 40 in zoos. Sloths live in rain forests mainly in Central South America. They have very long claws which can have 2 or 3 claws on them. Having long claws is an advantage for them because they sleep by hanging from trees. Sloths can sleep for 16-20 hours a day. Sloths go to the toilet in the period of time that they are awake. For a sloth to use the toilet they need to climb down from their tree which can be VERY dangerous for them as they can fall. Sloths claws can grow 8-10 centimetres long making it hard for them to walk on ground.
Sloths have been around for millions of years and used to be giant standing nearly as tall as a large tree. Sloths have slowly developed and gradually got smaller. Sloths ware very good swimmers because they used to have to swim down to the bottom of rivers to collect food such as seaweed and other underwater plants.
Two toed sloths are slightly bigger than three toed sloths. Two toed sloths can weigh around 2.1- 9kg where as three three toed sloths weigh around 3.5-4.5kg.
The main reason sloths are slowly becoming more endangered is because of deforestation in the rain forests they live in. Some of the deforestation in Central South America is illegal and animals aren't being protected. This is leading to many sloths being injured or killed as well as many other rainforest inhabiting animals. Sloths being killed would lead to another lost species and an unbalanced world (also a very unhappy girl named Lauren who loves sloths).
Sloths have been around for millions of years and used to be giant standing nearly as tall as a large tree. Sloths have slowly developed and gradually got smaller. Sloths ware very good swimmers because they used to have to swim down to the bottom of rivers to collect food such as seaweed and other underwater plants.
Two toed sloths are slightly bigger than three toed sloths. Two toed sloths can weigh around 2.1- 9kg where as three three toed sloths weigh around 3.5-4.5kg.
The main reason sloths are slowly becoming more endangered is because of deforestation in the rain forests they live in. Some of the deforestation in Central South America is illegal and animals aren't being protected. This is leading to many sloths being injured or killed as well as many other rainforest inhabiting animals. Sloths being killed would lead to another lost species and an unbalanced world (also a very unhappy girl named Lauren who loves sloths).