Three-Toed Sloth (IMAGE)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Three-Toed Sloth

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A baby three-toed sloth is part of ongoing studies of the animals at a site in northeastern Costa Rica. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have published a new report on sloth energetics, helping explain why sloths live a slow-motion lifestyle.

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UW-Madison/Zach Peery

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