Photo by Christian Mehlf\u00fchrer (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSo maybe you are thinking that sleeping in the trees isn’t that big of a deal since a lot of animals will do this.\u00a0 Well you are right but perhaps this next little fact will impress you.\u00a0 The Three-Toed Sloth will actually mate and give birth while hanging from the trees. Now you can’t tell me that doesn’t impress you a little bit.<\/p>\n
This lifestyle is made possible by their extremely powerful grip and the three long claws don’t hurt either.\u00a0 Believe it or not, their grip is so strong that dead sloths have been known to remain hanging from their favourite branch for awhile after death.\u00a0 Talk about dedication.\u00a0 Now if you put these animals on the ground then they will be in trouble.\u00a0 They have weak hind legs and as a result are not strong walkers.\u00a0 They will need to dig into the earth with their claws and use their powerful front legs to pull themselves across the ground.\u00a0 Now I understand why they stick to the trees.<\/p>\n
Three-Toed Sloth Fast Fact – <\/strong>Although the Sloth may be incredibly clumsy on land, they are actually decent swimmers.\u00a0 They are able to use their powerful forearms to propel themselves quite efficiently. On numerous occasions the Three-Toed Sloth has been known to drop directly from their tree into the water.\u00a0 I guess it is like the big diving board at the local pool.<\/p>\nSo I guess that does it for the 2nd Sloth Fact.\u00a0 I hope you enjoy the life of the Three-Toed Sloth as much as I do.\u00a0 Enjoy the rest of your day and I will see you here tomorrow for the last Wild Fact of the week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Wild Fact fans that have been with me since the beginning (well at least since Wild Fact #982) will know that we have talked about the Sloth before.\u00a0 Well my friends, on that day I only discussed the abundance of organisms living in their fur.\u00a0 Today, we are going to look at the Three-Toed Sloth which is a species of Sloth (there is also the Two-Toed Sloth – can you guess the differences between the species?).\u00a0 As well, I absolutely love the Sloth so you can guarantee there will be a 3rd Wild Fact on them before we finish <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,4024],"tags":[348,1916,4025,95,1914,1917,1913,1915],"yoast_head":"\n
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