Watching a sloth climbing is truly mesmerizing. The muscles that sloths use to grip and produce a pulling motion are much more prominent than those that produce a pushing movement because sloths primarily use their arms to pull themselves upwards or to pull branches towards the body. Sloth muscles are also predominantly made up of specialized slow-twitch fibers (also called type 1 muscles) and produce the slow, deliberate, and controlled movements shown by sloths. Visit our website and learn abo

This is a busy sloth crossing! It is amazing to see sloths using our rope bridges so frequently! 🦥 If you look closely on the tree there is a camera trap that also captured this close-up! 🎥 | The Sloth Conservation Foundation

Touching moment passers-by rescue sloth clinging to rocks after being washed down river

Amazing Sloth Rescue!