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Published: 2007-06-19 02:29:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 12894; Favourites: 206; Downloads: 0
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Sloths may be slow (I timed a sloth moving on YouTube at what appeared to be about 450 feet per hour), but they're fascinating creatures just the same. They can rotate their heads 270 degrees and their slowness allows algae to grow on their fur, camouflaging them from predators such as harpy eagles. Besides, they're not the world's slowest animals:
(1. Starfish: 4 ft per hour
2. Scotoplanes sea cucumber {"sea pig"}: 14 ft per hour
3. Shelled slug: 16.5 ft per hour
4. Red slug: 18 ft per hour
5. Giant African land snail: 23 ft per hour
6. Black slug: 30 ft per hour
7. Garden snail: 36 ft per hour
8. Edible snail: 50 ft per hour
9. Sea mouse: 60 ft per hour
10. Long-spined black sea urchin: 90 ft per hour)
It's a shame that their rainforest habitat is being destroyed at such an alarming rate. According to Captain Planet and the Planeteers, the rainforest is being destroyed at the rate of a football field a second, which amounts to at least 54,000 square miles a year. This means that in the 29 years that have passed since Captain Planet first aired, we've lost at least 1.575 million square miles of tropical forest. Ma-Ti, the South American Planeteer with the power of Heart, mentioned that tropical soil is not meant for farming, and when it is farmed, it gives out within a few years. We need rainforests, not beef cattle. Great job on this photo.
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*flail*
I'm so jealous! Aren't sloths just the cutest? <3
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Made me squeeeeeeel! Seriously... they are soooooo adorable!!
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OMG! i admit that i didnt think that sloths actually exsisted... side effect of being asutralian i gues... i love the shot!
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This is so cute =X
i never know about sloth until i watched national geographic just now.. XD
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dude...sloths are like, the world's greatest and yet most pathetic creatures to exist....
nice picture!
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Cute picture of a gorgeous animal!!! I love sloths!!!
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the cuddliest creature on earth! i want one so bad T.T
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It looks like he's taking his own photo, like people do on myspace. :]
He is the most handsome, happy sloth I have seen in a long time.
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thank you so much for this photo...
it improves my awful mood)
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aww, so adorable!
How did you get such a fantastic close up?
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Thanks for the fave and the comment....I was able to get a close-up because the Dallas World Aquarium has a tree near the entrance that this sloth lives in and you can walk right up to it.
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holy crap. i have to go to Dallas! that's amazing.
I love it!
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