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Bradypus variegatus
This sloth was photographed at eye-level from the famous Panama Canopy Tower as it was waking up.
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Spotted on Nov 19, 2009
Submitted on Oct 19, 2011
18 Comments
Congratulations Adam, wonderful photograph!
Congrats Adam!
Oh yea he's a natural! and he reminds me of a rock star I will not name. But seriously this is an incredible picture! Great choice Daniele! Can you imagine sleeping on that limb for any amount of time?
great shot! looks like swinging a guitar...
Congratulations Adam, your spotting has been chosen to illustrate #InternationalSlothDay! We hope you are doing well!
"Today is #InternationalSlothDay! International Sloth Day was created in 2010 by the AIUNAU Foundation, a non-profit conservation and wildlife organization based in Colombia, in order to raise awareness about the life cycle and natural habitat of these charismatic, slow moving forest dwellers of South and Central America. Sloths are maybe best known for their shaggy coat, host to symbiotic green algae which help the sloths camouflage themselves in trees, and provide nutrients to sloths as well as to some species of moths which are found solely on sloths. The slow movement of sloths is an adaptation to their low-energy diet of leaves, and helps avoiding detection by predators. Recent research has also shed more light on why these animals move so slowly: their metabolism shuts down when external temperature gets too high or too low. Read more about it here: https://buff.ly/2yV7ICW "
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Brilliant shot!! They always look kind of happy and sad at the same time.
Beautiful!
He looks very 'chilled' ....... beautiful shot
Thanks for the excellent comments and also accurate info Dandoucette. Sloths are the primary prey for Harpy Eagle and other predators so they need to be camouflaged. Although they are considered lazy, the real reason is that they feed on leaves which don't provide a high level of nutrients, so they have evolved to move slowly in order to minimize their energy usage.
I somehow connect to them, they are lazy like I am. haha.. very nice photo.
Great shot!
Courtney you are right. Their hair has microscopic grooves and notches that provide a home for greenish algae, which help camouflage it in the canopy.
It looks like there is algae growing on it's fur!
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Adam, this is the most beautiful photo I have ever seen of a sloth. I loved.
Exellent! My compliments!
Superb snap
Awesome shot!