12 Adorable Facts About Sloths

Here are 12 adorable facts about one of nature’s slowest but sweetest animals, sloths!

#1 Sloths don’t smell.

#2 An ancient ancestor of the sloth, called Megatherium was the size of an elephant.

#3 .Even though they look kind of like monkeys, their closest relatives include anteaters and armadillos.

#4 Algae even grows on their fur!

#5 Sloths only urinate/defecate once a week.

#6 Female sloths are normally pregnant for seven to 10 months and will only give birth to one baby.

#7 Baby sloths in the wild stay with their mothers until they are roughly a year old.

#8 Adult sloths can be 60-80 cm long and weigh from 3.6 to 7.7 kilograms. That’s the perfect size for cuddling!

#9 Sloths are solitary creatures who only gather to mate.

#10 Sloths don’t make much noise. In fact, the only sound two-fingered sloths make is a hissing noise when they are scared.

#11 Sloths’ primary predators include eagles, snakes, and jaguars.

#12 Sloths are most often killed by climbing on poorly insulated electrical wires, or being hit by cars.