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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.
