Connor Juneau
Mr. Miller/Mrs. Dene’
Science/English 7A
24 April 2018
Sloths
Could you imagine that the next day you wake up that sloths have become extinct? Sloths have different characteristics that help them survive in the wild. Sloths are slow for different varieties of reasons. This is what helps them survive and live out their daily lives.
Sloths are very cool because they have many different physical characteristics. Sloths have very long claws. Their claws help them hook on branches so they can hang. Sloths also have algae in their hair. This helps them to be camouflage from their predators. Since sloths are omnivores they have peg like teeth to eat leaves and branches. Their fur grows on the opposite direction from the stomach towards the back. This allows the rain to drain off their body while they are hanging in the trees. Sloths also do not pose a vertebrae so they can rotate their head 270 degrees. It helps …show more content…
They also have a very low muscle mass. Sloths also are very weak on land so they drag their front arms to drag themselves.
Sloths are located in Central and South America. They live in the trees that are in rain and in a cloudy forests. They like to stay in the tropical trees. Sloths usually sleep for 15 to 20 hours per day. They sleep with their heads curled up in their arms and legs. This helps to be camouflaged as a tree. Sloths never come down from a tree except for the bathroom or to take a swim. Sloths stay in the same tree for many years and spend most of the time hanging upside down.
Pygmy sloths have been announced that they are endangered. The Pygmy Sloths live in Isla Escudo de Veraguas. So far there are 79 still alive. They are endangered because of habitat loss. Surveys have found a few healthy babies. FWS are spending 12 months conducting status review of the pygmy sloth species. This will gather scientific data of the sloth population, ecology, and the threats of their
Mr. Miller/Mrs. Dene’
Science/English 7A
24 April 2018
Sloths
Could you imagine that the next day you wake up that sloths have become extinct? Sloths have different characteristics that help them survive in the wild. Sloths are slow for different varieties of reasons. This is what helps them survive and live out their daily lives.
Sloths are very cool because they have many different physical characteristics. Sloths have very long claws. Their claws help them hook on branches so they can hang. Sloths also have algae in their hair. This helps them to be camouflage from their predators. Since sloths are omnivores they have peg like teeth to eat leaves and branches. Their fur grows on the opposite direction from the stomach towards the back. This allows the rain to drain off their body while they are hanging in the trees. Sloths also do not pose a vertebrae so they can rotate their head 270 degrees. It helps …show more content…
They also have a very low muscle mass. Sloths also are very weak on land so they drag their front arms to drag themselves.
Sloths are located in Central and South America. They live in the trees that are in rain and in a cloudy forests. They like to stay in the tropical trees. Sloths usually sleep for 15 to 20 hours per day. They sleep with their heads curled up in their arms and legs. This helps to be camouflaged as a tree. Sloths never come down from a tree except for the bathroom or to take a swim. Sloths stay in the same tree for many years and spend most of the time hanging upside down.
Pygmy sloths have been announced that they are endangered. The Pygmy Sloths live in Isla Escudo de Veraguas. So far there are 79 still alive. They are endangered because of habitat loss. Surveys have found a few healthy babies. FWS are spending 12 months conducting status review of the pygmy sloth species. This will gather scientific data of the sloth population, ecology, and the threats of their