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Brown-Throated Sloth

Bradypus variegatus

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7 Comments

thornton6
thornton6 4 years ago

Did you know sloth can sleep up to at least 20 hours a day

Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander 10 years ago

Cute baby sloth! But that was a sad story :(

Mona Pirih
Mona Pirih 10 years ago

That is so cute... Big hugs.. :-)

Megan Gilbert
Megan Gilbert 10 years ago

sid the sloth! lol

FlanaganLife
FlanaganLife 11 years ago

It's been 15 years since this spotting, so I'm not sure of the full story. I was in Peru for a study abroad class and this little guy/girl was found by someone who worked for the lodge we stayed at. I think his/her mother was killed by a local for food.

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 11 years ago

Hi LakesideScott! Can you tell us the story about this baby sloth?

Linnea Joandi
Linnea Joandi 11 years ago

Some kind of "Folivora".

FlanaganLife
Spotted by
FlanaganLife

Loreto, Peru

Spotted on Jul 21, 1997
Submitted on Feb 21, 2013

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