Two-Toed+Sloth

The two toed sloth is native to tropical rainforests of South America//. //Sloths spend most of their lives hanging upside down from trees. They are also much better at swimming than they are at walking, using their strong feet to propel themselves through the water. The life span for two toed sloths in the wild is between 12 and 16 years. During the rainy season, sloths turn green because their body hair has tiny grooves in which algae grows. This algae supports a whole range of other organism which feed on the algae. You can say a whole micro ecosystem lives in the hair of a sloth. Sloths are not listed as threatened or endangered species yet, although deforestation is slowly decreasing the size and quality of their habitat. An interesting fact is that sloths hang so tightly onto tree branches that they have been known to continue hanging even after they die. Sloths come down to the ground only about once a week to go to the bathroom.


 * References:** animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/**two-toed**-**sloth**.html