Three-toed Sloth

I spent a good amount of time watching this young male "crusing" the branches of a cecropia tree. At moments, the sloth would find the aztec ants very annoying as they came out from the hollow trunk to defend their home but it was a bit controvertial in my mind as I red long ago that these ants does not bother the mammal as this one, by feeding on the leaves would in crease the potential of the tree to produce more leaves which in turn would benefit the ants as the older leaves would be where the tree develops the mullerian bodies, which are the ones who produce sugary secretions that the ants feed on and is their payment for looking after the tree.

In any case, the sloth moved fast , for a mammal like this, and was pretty active feeding on the young leaves and buds the tree produce.

This one was captured with a Canon 5D3 and a 600f/4, full frame image with minor tweaks in PS. Thanks for looking.

 

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