Two-Toed Sloth (IMAGE)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Two-Toed Sloth

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A two-toed sloth transits a plantation in northeastern Costa Rica using a cable ordinarily used to move cacao. A team of UW-Madison scientists recently found why sloths are such deliberate, slow-moving animals.

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UW-Madison/Zach Peery

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