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SLOTH
By: Freddy Espinosa
Period 3
Basic Information
 Sloths only live up to
30 years
 Are only active 7
hours a day
 There are only 2
types of species of
sloths three-toed and
two-toed sloths
Something Unique
 Sloths warm up in the morning by
sunbathing
Family:
 Sloths have 2 types of species three-toed
and two toed
 There ancestors were called ground
sloths and were 2 types mylodonts and
megalonychids
Habitat
 Sloths live in the rainforest canopies
central and south America
 They live in trees and rarely climb down
 They eat very little food due to there slow
metabolism but when they due they eat
fruits, leaves, bugs, and young twigs.
Food Chain
jaguar
sloth
Bugs, Leaves, young twigs
How humans impact the
animal
 Humans impact sloths because of there
bacteria and mold that just grows on
them ‘‘it is messing up our world’’
How long do they live 4??
 They live up to 30 years anything more is
a miracle
How do they sleep??
 They all sleep upside-down and sleep for
18 hours at a time