Sloths range in length from 20 to 27 inches, and 9 to 20 pounds in weight. They have a short rounded skull, and small rounded ears. Three-toed sloths have small tails, but two-toed sloths don't have a tail. They live in rainforests. Sloths do most things upside down like eating, sleeping, mating and giving birth.
Sloths can defend themselves with sharp claws, but their main form of protection is their camouflage. If a sloth wants to move on the ground it has to drag itself by its hands because it can stand on its feet, but it cannot walk on them.




Ground sloths are an extinct group of mammals lived on the ground. They ranged in size from a cat to one that was larger than an elephant.

What makes soths so special?

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