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LINNAEUS’S TWO-TOED SLOTH (Choloepus didactylus) ©Richard Bence Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth, also known as the Southern two-toed sloth or unau, is a species of sloth from South America. It is a solitary, nocturnal and arboreal animal, found in rainforests. The two-toed sloth’s main enemies are man, large birds of prey like the Harpy Eagle and Crested Eagle, and cats like the Ocelot and Jaguar. Modern sloths are divided into two families based on the number of toes on their front feet. Two-toed sloth are larger than their three-toed cousins. They also have longer hair, bigger eyes, and their back and front legs are more equal in length. Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth has recently been documented eating human faeces from open latrines. Fact Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linnaeus%27s_Two-toed_Sloth Other photos you may like: Brown-throated three-toed sloth Slow Loris Bengal Slow Loris creeping up on you —- starcrossed1: Sloth (by Richard Bence) “An over friendly Sloth, I was concentrating on the picture and felt something gently stroking my face.It was a very large claw, at no time did this creature show any sign of aggression. Good experience.”

LINNAEUS’S TWO-TOED SLOTH (Choloepus didactylus) ©Richard Bence

Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth, also known as the Southern two-toed sloth or unau, is a species of sloth from South America.

It is a solitary, nocturnal and arboreal animal, found in rainforests. The two-toed sloth’s main enemies are man, large birds of prey like the Harpy Eagle and Crested Eagle, and cats like the Ocelot and Jaguar.

Modern sloths are divided into two families based on the number of toes on their front feet. Two-toed sloth are larger than their three-toed cousins. They also have longer hair, bigger eyes, and their back and front legs are more equal in length.

Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth has recently been documented eating human faeces from open latrines.

Fact Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linnaeus%27s_Two-toed_Sloth

Other photos you may like:

Brown-throated three-toed sloth

Slow Loris

Bengal Slow Loris creeping up on you

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starcrossed1:

Sloth (by Richard Bence)

“An over friendly Sloth, I was concentrating on the picture and felt something gently stroking my face.
It was a very large claw, at no time did this creature show any sign of aggression. Good experience.”

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  1. animalworld reblogged this from starcrossed1 and added:
    LINNAEUS’S TWO-TOED SLOTH (Choloepus didactylus) ©Richard Bence Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth, also known as the Southern...
  2. nikkiroth reblogged this from starcrossed1 and added:
    sloths are the perfect animal.
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