<I>Bradypus variagatus</I> (IMAGE)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

<I>Bradypus variagatus</I>

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Animals like this three-toed sloth, Bradypus variagatus, may be extremely difficult to spot in the dense tropical forest canopy. A group of researchers working at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute on Barro Colorado Island in Panama, could detect this an many other, even more elusive animals using carrion flies.

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Andres Hernandez, STRI

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