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Sloths became one of my favorite animals while visiting Costa Rica. I found them adorable and comical and fun to capture them in interesting poses like this. Take a look at the baby sloth in my previous post if you haven't already.
She used to have a drive, but then her heart was broken. Now, she spends each day simply wishing the next would arrive.
Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India
most daytime sightings of this mostly nocturnal species result in either a shot of the back of the animal or a blurred shot when it immediately runs away. Both happened on this trip.
Yet, in this case a very big one was foraging in a patch of forest with a lot of bamboo and other bushes. Slowly it was moving away from the road but unfortunately there were no open areas to get it in full view
This is the bear species that has long been used for street performances ( and unfortunately still is apparently ). It has poor vision and rears up on its hind legs when alarmed or confronted with a large predator. Its long claws can cause serious harm.
It lives in woodlands and on rocky outcrops and can be seen with some luck in NP or Tiger Reserves in Central india.
It feeds on termites and ants but will also climb trees to find flowers or to raid bee hives.
Melursus ursinus
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Something a little different today. This rope was strung above a rural road near Cahuita, CR to allow the resident sloth's safe passage.
While we were in Costa Rica, we looked for sloths everywhere we went. (Tip: The three-toed sloths, like this one, like cecropia trees) We saw a few way up in trees, but nothing like this one.
This sloth was in a short 6-foot tree, about 50 feet from the pool at the guest cabin we were staying at in Cahuita. It was so close and so low, we could have picked it up (we didn't touch it).
It probably came down to the ground (to go to the bathroom), then crawled back up the wrong tree. Eventually, it did crawl back down to the ground and crawl up a big, tall tree.
A wild, two toed sloth napping In the rain forest, along the Tortuguero Canal, near Puerto Limon, Costa Rica. They seem to be common there. We saw three on our tour - although they were hiddin in trees and hard to spot.
More info: edrosack.com/2015/12/27/cruising-wildlife/
More on the topic of animal babies. Sloth bear cubs under the watchful eye of their mom in Philadelphia Zoo.
Male sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) named "Kartick" born ~ 2 years at Woodland Park Zoo and now living in San Diego as part of the Species Survival Plan for his species. Sloth bears are native to the Indian subcontinent and feed on fruits, ants and termites. San Diego Zoo
Conservation status: Vulnerable
Up-close and personal with a lovable Sloth animal in Iquitos, Peru. A black and white lightroom edit of a previous upload.
My latest photography blog on Iquitos and the Amazon in Peru
Every once in awhile, be like the sloth and enjoy a lazy day to recharge yourself. Then look at the world with renewed eyes and determination.
Guapiles, Costa Rica
I nearly fell over backwards looking up to get this one. Not sure if it's an age thing or the camera and lens was too heavy.
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IT IS ALSO THE SAME STUMP (DIFFERENT VIEW) IN MY PREVIOUS POST "CATCHING SOME RAYS":
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While driving on a dirt road north of the town of Fortuna in Costa Rica we spotted this sloth crossing a field with no trees while using an overhead electric wire. She made it to the street where the wire made contact with a tree. She came down the tree and then used the barbwire to cross over to a larger section of the area that had trees. We waited until she and her baby were safely in the trees as there were several large dogs walking on the road.
OK, admittedly the three-toed sloth in this shot is pretty small (to the left of the sunrise at the crown of the cecropia tree). I will post better shots later.
Canopy Tower
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Santos is a Linne's Two-toed Sloth in the Marwell tropical house.
I am very fond of sloths, I have a silver and rose gold sloth necklace and a sloth ornament in the garden, so it is always a bonus to see one in real life.
Once the sloth realized it was on the wrong tree, it reached for branches from other trees. Unfortunately, these other trees were also too short and thin to get him back up to the forest.
Every decision, movement, and attempt to move to a different branch took a looooong time. Stretching it's arm out to this other branch took about 90 seconds.
Cahuita, Costa Rica
A baby two-toed sloth happily munching on leaves. We saw this cutie on the grounds of the hotel we were staying at and got to watch him or her for as long as we wanted :-).
Beautiful momma sloth with her baby hanging on. I was expecting to have to go deep into the jungle to see sloths, but this beauty and her baby were in a tree literally on the side of the road lol.
Sloths are among the slowest-moving animals on Earth; they can swim but are virtually unable to walk. This makes them an easy target for jaguars, eagles and people that hunt sloths for their meat.
Brown-throated sloths have the ability to rotate their heads like owls. They can turn their heads up to 300 degrees due to their unique neck structure.Sloths evolved to expend very little energy because their diet does not provide them with a lot of calories and nutrition. Brown-throated sloths primarily eat tough, rubbery rainforest leaves. These leaves are also full of toxins (a form of protection for the rainforest trees). But sloths have developed a digestive system to handle these highly indigestible leaves. Their stomachs are multi-chambered, similar to a cow’s stomach, and house a mix of bacteria which helps to slowly break down the leaves. It takes two weeks for a sloth to digest one meal — the slowest digestion time of any mammal! and they only descend from the rainforest canopy to urinate and defecate once a week.
Sloths are specially adapted to live among the treetops. Their fur hangs upside down, running from their stomachs to their backs. This is because sloths themselves usually hang upside down. The orientation of their fur helps the rain water flow away from their body. But sloths take the risk to climb down to the ground because of a symbiotic relationship they have with the flora living in their fur. Sloth fur is rife with macro- and microorganisms like algae, fungi and moths. While these organisms benefit from having a sheltered place to live among the long coarse hairs, the sloth also gains from the relationship.
The algae provides supplemental nutrition for the sloth and tints the fur green, which helps camouflage the sloth among the leaves. The fungi helps fend off parasites known to cause diseases like malaria and Chagas disease. The moths provide fertiliser for the algae.
Another unique trait of sloths is that they rely on solar energy to regulate their body temperature. With such a slow metabolism, sloths must sunbathe in order to keep their body temperature up. In this way, sloths are similar to reptiles.
Male brown-throated three-toed sloths can be easily distinguished from females because they have a bright orange patch with a black stripe on their backs. This patch has scent marking glands that attracts female sloths. Alpha males have a larger patches than other males.
There once was a black and white
sloth
who wanted to morph
to a moth.
But the sloth was a bear
and his mother did care
About his threats to become
Panda Goth.
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Sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) named "Kartick" born December 27, 2017 to mom "Tasha"and dad "Bhutan" at the Woodland Park Zoo. Sloth bears are native to the Indian subcontinent and feed on fruits, ants, and termites. There are less than 10,000 sloth bears remaining in the wild.
San Diego Zoo
Conservation status: Vulnerable