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How many leaves can you nd on this page? Have a friend try. Who found the most?
In a sloth’s life, slow is the word. They’re the great reminders that sometimes it’s a good idea to kick back, relax, and just enjoy hanging around.
There is a little moth that only lives on a sloth. It feeds on the algae that grows in the sloth’s fur.
We sloths rarely come down from the trees because on the ground is when we’re most easily caught by predators. Once a week, we descend for one reason. Why? Circle every other letter to discover the answer!
Sloths eat very slowly. They eat mostly leaves and fruit. Because they move so slowly, they don’t go looking for watering holes. They get their water from the fruits and leaves they eat. Sloths digest food slowly. It can take up to a month for a sloth to digest a single meal, according to the Jacksonville Zoo in Florida.
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Sloths move so slowly that algae and fungi grow on them. This is a good thing because the algae makes their fur look a bit green. This helps to camouflage them when they are hanging from branches in the rainforest.
While on the ground, three-toed sloths travel at just 6–8 ft (1.8–2.4m) per minute. They’re slightly quicker in the rainforest canopy, where they can whiz by at speeds of 15 ft (4.6m) per minute! Even at their fastest, they still move five times slower than a drifting iceberg.
© Vicki Whiting November 2025
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