Why does a three-toed sloth cross the road? Well he doesn’t, he kinda flies to the other side!
This is a sloth attempting to cross a busy road in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica… very, very slowly.
Sloths are arboreal mammals noted for slowness of movement and for spending most of their lives hanging upside down in the trees of the tropical rainforests of South America and Central America. The six species are in two families: two-toed and three-toed sloths. In spite of this traditional naming, all sloths actually have three toes. The two-toed sloths have two digits, or fingers, on each forelimb.
The sloth is so named because of its very low metabolism and deliberate movements, sloth being related to the word slow. This is an evolutionary adaptation to their low-energy diet of leaves, and to avoid detection by predatory hawks and cats who hunt by sight. The mammals are almost helpless on the ground, but are able to swim
This sloth was entering dangerous territory as it approached a busy road in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica. A motorist pulled over and carefully carried him across the road, shaving a solid three hours off the sloth’s commute.
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