Watching a sloth climbing is truly mesmerizing. The muscles that sloths use to grip and produce a pulling motion are much more prominent than those that produce a pushing movement because sloths primarily use their arms to pull themselves upwards or to pull branches towards the body. Sloth muscles are also predominantly made up of specialized slow-twitch fibers (also called type 1 muscles) and produce the slow, deliberate, and controlled movements shown by sloths. Visit our website and learn abo

Sloth may look super cute and cuddly, but they are the opposite. Sloths hate being handled, and they will bite. | 60 Minutes

Happy ending sloth rescue! 🦥 However even though this sloth was rescued there are many other sloths still in danger. What can we do to help keep sloths off the power lines? • Insulate the power lines. • Build Sloth Crossings. • Reforest areas to recreate tree connections. | The Sloth Conservation Foundation

Although there’s still much to learn, sloth research is already positively impacting, for example, rescue centers, improving their rehabilitation programs, and making reintroductions more successful than before. Supporting sloth science and research is easy! Visit our website, get your gifts for the holidays, and help us save sloths! | The Sloth Conservation Foundation