Two-toed Sloth

Choloepus didactylus

NATURAL HABITAT
The two-toed sloth lives in the trees of tropical forests.

DIET
IN THE WILD – Leaves, fruits, nuts, berries, bark, native flowers and small rodents
IN THE ZOO – Fruits, vegetables and hard-boiled eggs

FASCINATING FACTS

• Females give birth upside down
• Take up to one month to digest their food
• Cannot walk so they pull hand-over-hand to move
• Will drop from trees into the water to swim across rivers
• Algae grows on fur, giving them a greenish tint