Sloth-capades

Now these critters are named correctly. Sloths don't do much of anything at a fast pace. This fellow, just about 100 yards from tree house No. 1 on the path to the waterfall and river, was moving around from one branch to the next this morning. I just stood around and watched him go, very, very deliberately, from one branch to the next. He got really far out on one branch, and it bowed so much, I thought it might break. No worries, though, he just hung out for a while, then made his way back to the main trunk of the tree and crawled, again very deliberately, up another branch. You can see the claws on him, and he uses them to wrap around a branch for grip. You can also see a big part in his back. That comes from just sitting in the same position up in a tree for hours and hours on end. The three-toed sloths take on a slight green tint to them, and I've read that it's like a mini eco-system on their backs--mold, fungus, etc. I suppose it helps with camouflage as well. Spotting a sloth isn't easy a lot of the time, as they don't move around a whole lot. They typically come down from the trees once a week to take care of business, as they don't do anything up in the trees but eat and sleep.