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Very slow-moving tree-dwelling animal which lives in [[South America]]n forests. It is unable to survive outside of tropical forests.

 

Sloths are a handful of species of slow-moving, herbivorous, arboreal [[South America]]n mammals. The family is split into two genuses, the two-toed and the three-toed sloths. As little as 10,000 years ago gigantic [[ground sloth]]s such as ''Megatherium'' were also found in [[Patagonia]].

 

 

Living sloths use their clawed feet to hang upside down from tree branches, where they feed on leaves. The remarkably non-nutritious nature of such a diet may necessitate their habitual [[lethargy]].

 

Sloths defecate extremely infrequently (typically once a week). Yet remarkably, instead of just letting go from the treetops, they descend to the ground to use a single favoured sloth lavatory, which over the years may grow to mountainous proportions, exposing themselves to considerable danger in the process.

 

The two-toed sloth is in fact so inert that [[symbiosis|symbiotic]] [[algae]] commonly grows in its fur, making it the only green mammal. This, along with its typical motionlessness, affords it excellent [[camouflage]] in the trees.

 

Creation scientists believe that the sloth, in common with all ground dwelling animals, originated in the [[Middle East]]. After the [[Great Flood]] they were probably dispersed by [[Rafting (ecology)|rafting]] which enabled them to colonize South America as part of the [[Post-Diluvian Diasporas]].

Creation scientists believe that the sloth, in common with all ground dwelling animals, originated in the [[Middle East]]. After the [[Great Flood]] they were probably dispersed by [[Rafting (ecology)|rafting]] which enabled them to colonize South America as part of the [[Post-Diluvian Diasporas]].