Look at the sloth.
Sloths live up in a tree.
It hangs upside down.
It can grip a branch.
It munches a leaf.
It is slow.
Words to know
- sloth: tree animal
- leaf: sloth food
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Sources
- https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/two-toed-sloth
- https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/mammals/facts-about-sloths
- https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Choloepus_didactylus
- https://ielc.libguides.com/sdzg/factsheets/twotoedsloths/characteristics
- https://www.ifaw.org/animals/sloths
- https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/sloth
- https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/facts-about-sloths
- https://www.slothconservation.org/blog/what-do-sloths-eat-sloth-diet-food-and-digestion
- https://ielc.libguides.com/sdzg/factsheets/twotoedsloths/summary
- https://ielc.libguides.com/sdzg/factsheets/twotoedsloths/behavior
- https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Bradypus_variegatus
- https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Bradypus_tridactylus
- https://www.slothconservation.org/blog/sloths-move-slow
- https://ielc.libguides.com/sdzg/factsheets/twotoedsloths/taxonomy
- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/portable-brain-activity-recorder-shows-that-sloths-arent-all-that-sleepy
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- https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Bradypus_pygmaeus
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- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-sloths-leave-the-trees-to-defecate/
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