The sloth is known as one of the slowest and laziest animals on Earth, but there’s much more to this gentle creature than meets the eye. Found mainly in the rainforests of Central and South America, sloths spend most of their lives hanging upside down from tree branches. Their slow movements are not a sign of weakness but a clever survival strategy. By moving slowly, they conserve energy and avoid detection by predators such as jaguars and eagles. Sloths have an incredibly slow metabolism, and t

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