Aviarios del Caribe Sloth Recovery Center Notes

Sloth Notes

• Sloths can turn head 180º without moving their body
• Males have a unique color pattern (similar to a fingerprint) on their back
• A 2-toed sloth has 6 neck vertebrae
• A 3-toed sloth has 9 neck vertebrae
• 2-toed sloth; Choloes hoffmanni (Perezoso de dos dedos)
  • Nocturnal; arboreal; solitary; feeds on leaves/fruits, occasionally lizards, bird eggs, and nestlings
• 3-toed sloth; Bradypus variegates (Perezoso de tres dedos)
  • diurnal; smaller legs and longer arms
• don't drink water, get moisture from leaves
• high-pitched calls=mating cries
• digest using bacteria
• bone goes to bottom of nails
• if a baby falls out of the nest, the mother won't go down to get it