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How do sloths live?

The sloth belongs to the sloth family, an arboreal animal, belonging to the same order as the armadillo and anteater. Habitat in the tropical areas of south-central America. This sloth used to live on the plains and once distributed in the North American continent, but now it is extinct.

The sloth has a round head, small ears and short tail, which looks a little degraded. The flat forelimbs are longer than the hind limbs, and the claws are long and sharp, which can leave deep scars on the enemy. Although most mammals have seven cervical vertebrae, sloths with three toes have nine, and their heads and necks can rotate 270 degrees.

Sloths seldom come down from trees because they can't walk. They can only crawl on the ground with their claws and are easily caught by jaguars and other carnivores. They lean on tree trunks or hang upside down on branches, and they move very slowly. Herbivorous plants

The sloth is Nocturnal Animals, who lives a lonely life and often fights with the same-sex sloth. They are good at swimming and have stronger survival ability in water than other land mammals. They also have good hiding ability in trees, especially in rainy season, when green algae parasitize their hair, no one can see them in trees.

This sloth was born six months after her mother was pregnant and has been attached to her for the next five weeks.

Brazil's three-toed sloth lives in the forest zone on the east coast of Brazil. Because the forest has been severely cut down and its living environment has been destroyed, it is in danger of extinction.