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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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Before I went to Costa Rica in December 2022, I started figuring out what kind of photos I could take there, I realized that Costa Rica has a lot of flora and fauna. Sloths are symbol of Costa Rica, so, it would be awesome to have a picture of them there. I was pretty lucky to see this one looking at me.
Many of the 107 Ganz DHM7 diesels built for MÁV gained custom nicknames by their engineers, maintenance crew.
2197, pictured here with the usual Budapest - Lajosmizse trainset got the nick 'Sloth' stuck to it, one can only wonder why...
Three toed sloth, taken on the El Poponjoche trail, within the Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica.
This sloth seems to be hoarding the Christmas chocolate. In the wild, sloths love to eat cacao if they can find it (cacao is the base ingredient for chocolate). For the MM Redux theme, candy.
I pass this tree several times a week and it always makes me think of a sloth, so cute and yet trapped in this tree trunk. I can almost imagine a folklore tale to go with it. It's quite endearing and yet a little sad all at the same time.
(Captured on iPhone 4)
One of the group in the other jeep managed to get a shot of this Sloth Bear with a Leopard in the background. I was quite jealous.
Apparently the Sloth Bear is a myrmecophagous bear (eats ants). They are expert hunters of termites and ants, which they locate by smell. They also supplement their diet with fruit, honey, and plant matter.
Considered to be very dangerous due to their unpredictability. Will attack if they feel threatened.
According to a BBC EARTH website "One study counting large carnivore attacks on humans around the world between 1950 and 2019 found that sloth bear attacks outnumbered all other species, including tigers, lions, wolves and any other bears. There had been 1,337 sloth bear attacks on humans during that period, compared to 1,047 by tigers, 414 by wolves, and only 23 by polar bears, for example. (Though tiger, lion and other big cat attacks on humans are deadlier – around 65% of them are fatal to humans, whereas around 8% of sloth bear attacks are lethal)."
Over the weekend I managed to do some more drawing, and decided to draw a sloth! (This made me wonder whether you pronounce it 'sloth' as in 'oath' or 'sloth as in 'cough'? I choose the former but have often heard the latter used.)
I'm feeling quite fragile at the moment (not Coronavirus!) but my mind's been doing a lot of thinking lately, which is quite draining! On the up side, the weather is fab and we have a garden...! Take care, my friends.
La Union, Guapiles - Costa Rica.
The grooved hairs of the sloth's shaggy coat are a host to green algae which helps the sloth camouflage itself in the trees. It also provides nutrients to the sloth as well as a sloth moth which can survive wholly on the algae.
In this image you can clearly see the baby sitting on the mothers stomach looking out into the forest.
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Two toed sloth in Soberania National Park, Panama. Despite the name, this sloth has three toes on his hind legs which are visible in this photo.
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There are two kinds of sloths in Costa Rica; the two-toed and the three-toed sloth. Both species have rather distinct differences between them. While the two-toed sloth is nocturnal and can mainly be spotted at night, the three-toed sloth prefers to be awake during daytime.
Fun fact: Sloths only go to the bathroom once a week
Have you ever risked your life to go to a bathroom? Sloths do it every week. Once a week, when nature calls, they climb to ground to urinate and defecate, making them vulnerable to predators. (Costarica.org)
Looking almost straight up at a Northern Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni), high overhead in Costa Rica. I saw two sloths while there, both well up in trees, but did manage to find this one's sleepy face through a gap in the branches.
Macro Monday: Theme - 7 Deadly Sins
Gluttony is an inordinate desire to consume more than that which one requires.
Sloth is the avoidance of physical or spiritual work.
Sloth is the sin I had the most trouble with and just couldn't figure out how to interpret it macro style. I think I look kinda slothy in this image...you know, I was too lazy to get a spoon so I just rolled my face in the candy. I hope it works.
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Guapiles, Costa Rica
We were told we'd be lucky if we saw a Sloth while in Costa Rica. We actually saw three. What you can't see and I didn't know when I took this picture is, there's a baby clinging to this mother's chest. It was only apparent later in the sequence.
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This is a story about friendship.
The sloth, Winslow, stayed in the tree almost his whole life. He rarely smiled. He had no friends.
One day, a woodpecker came and stopped on the tree. Winslow felt quite excited when he saw her. He had never seen a bird’s beak peck as fast as hers. Winslow longed to be able to talk to her, but it never happened. Because whenever he climbed to where she was, she flew away. Winslow was a sloth, and he moved very very slowly. However, he still kept trying to get to close to her, even if he missed it, he didn’t give up.
Long days passed, on a super lucky day, the woodpecker stopped near Winslow! He plucked up the courage to say, “Hi, my name is Winslow.” The woodpecker gave him a sweet smile. Then Winslow knew her name was Riri. They became good friends.
Every time, Riri came, she would share interesting news from around the world with him. After all, Winslow, the sloth, likes to smile, and feels very happy every day!