Sloths are, without a doubt, animals surrounded by mystique and wonder. How could one exist in such a slow tempo when everything around us is so fast-paced? So slow, actually, that you start growing cancer-curing algae and fungi in your fur? I, for one, would love to be as efficient, as relaxed, and as crucial for our environment as the adorable sloth is! And us, the Bored Panda collective, aren’t the only ones so enamored with sloths – there’s even an International Sloth Day dedicated to them, and it’s today!
We love ourselves a momentous day, and there’s no better one to celebrate than Sloth Day. That’s why we are dedicating this list to everything about these heart-achingly cute sloths – you’ll find a myriad of adorable sloth pictures and some interesting facts here! And if that isn’t enough to honor this day, you can always visit The Sloth Conservation Foundation and donate to them or even adopt your own adorable sloth!
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So, scroll down below, check out the photos, and read more about sloths. Don’t forget to vote for these cute animals and share this article with your sloth-loving friends!
#1 Ohh My Baby
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#2 Ecuadorian Police Officers Rescue A Sloth Clinging To A Pole And Attempting To Cross A Busy Highway
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#3 These Two Brazilian Firemen Rescued A Pretty Fabulous Sloth
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Labeled as the world’s laziest animal for decades, sloths are far from simple! We’ve found some facts on The Sloth Conservation Foundation page written by leading sloth expert Rebecca Cliffe, and have decided to share them with you – so keep on reading.
First of all, the sloths of our day have evolved from giant ground sloths; the tallest of them was around 6 meters high. Suddenly not so cute and innocent, huh? There’s also evidence suggesting that several sloth species lived underwater and fed on seagrass. Maybe that’s why, to this day, sloths are excellent swimmers?
#4 Looks Like A Baby Sloth, Acts Like A Baby Sloth, But It’s Actually Fully Grown Pigmy Sloth
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#5 Mervin The Two Toed Sloth Fell Asleep While Eating His Cauliflower
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#6 My Father In Law Holding A Sloth
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No human could defeat a sloth in an arm-wrestling match – though seemingly feeble, sloths are actually three times stronger than an average person! Moreover, thanks to a highly specialized muscle arrangement, sloths can withstand the force of a jaguar that’s set out to rip it out of a tree. And, due to their ability to lock certain tendons, sloths can hang onto branches without wasting any energy. This locking mechanism is so powerful that sloths might be left hanging onto the tree even after their death.
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#7 Sloth Hug
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#8 Texas Aquarium Shows A Sloth To The Dolphins
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#9 Sleepy Baby Sloth
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Sloths have notoriously bad vision – they see poorly in dim light and are completely blind when it’s bright! However, these adorable tree-climbers compensate for it with an excellent sense of smell and a top-notch spatial memory. It is thought that their lousy eyesight adds to their slowness, and it only makes sense when you think of it; nobody in their right might would scurry through branches without clearly seeing what’s in front of them!
#10 My Life Is Pretty Much Complete Now
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#11 My Little Cousin Holding A Smiling Sloth
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#12 Tucked In And Ready To Sleep
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Fights between two male sloths most often end with the losing party falling out of a tree. No worries, though! A sloth’s unique physique is designed to withstand falls from up to 100 feet without sustaining any injuries. That’s like jumping off a ten-story building and casually walking away upon landing. And though scientists have managed to find out this exotic detail about a sloth’s life, nobody really knows their exact lifespan. Considering that sloths don’t do well in captivity, but the oldest zoo-kept sloth is around 50 years old, experts think that they live much longer in the wilderness. It once again proves that a slow-paced and relaxed way of life is the key to longevity. At least, I believe so.
#13 Had A Sloth Over Yesterday Thanks To Flying Fox Conservation In Chicago
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#14 This Is A Baby Sloth In A Tea Cup
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#15 Some Family Time
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If you’d like to read even more about our beloved cute sloths, don’t forget to visit The Sloth Conservation Foundation – its founder, Rebecca Cliffe, is the leading expert on everything about sloths, and her knowledge is invaluable. Just be warned that you might accidentally end up adopting a sloth!
#16 Here’s A Picture Of Two Baby Sloths Cuddling I Thought You All Needed
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#17 Peekaboo
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#18 One Of The Best, Most Memorable Days Of My Life. My Niece Planned A Surprise Date For Me To Spend With My Spirit Animal. Meet Perry And Her Brand New Baby. I Didn’t Wash My Face For A Week
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#19 So, There I Was, Driving Down The Road And Suddenly – Sloth
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#20 A Child And His Sloth Hanging Out On The Amazon
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#21 A Happy Baby Sloth
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#22 Curious Guy I Met At An Animal Shelter In Costa Rica
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#23 While Driving Along A Mountain Road In Costa Rica A Wild Sloth Appears With A Surprise
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#24 What A Cute Little Pancake
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#25 I’m A Ballerina
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#26 Cute Baby Sloth
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#27 My Sister Works For A Wildlife Reserve And Took A Picture Of This Happy Sleeping Sloth
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#28 Baby Sloth
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#29 My Friend Saves A Sloth From The Middle Of The Road
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#30 Yeah I’m Hanging Out On The Ground, So What?
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#31 Spa Day
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#32 Another Baby Sloth
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#33 Ridiculously Photogenic Baby Sloth
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#34 When You Wake Up Hangry
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#35 Dad With A Sloth, Super Jealous
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#36 A Sloth And His Bear
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#37 Halloween Season Is Here
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#38 He Learns At A Slower Pace Than The Rest Of His Classmates
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#39 Good Morning
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#40 If Looks Could Kill
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#41 Look At This, Just Look At It
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#42 Sleepy Head
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#43 Me And My Sloth
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#44 The Best Use For Wine Glasses
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#45 Painted By Leonardo DiCaprio
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#46 Me And The Bois
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#47 What You Got There?
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#48 Go That Way
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#49 Morning Stretches
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#50 Sloths Upside Down, Astronauts
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#51 Sloth Photobomb
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#52 Always Take Time To Stop And Smell The Flowers, Then Maybe Eat Them
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#53 It’s Log, Log, Log! Everyone Loves A Log
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#54 How Many Baby Sloths Can You Spot?
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#55 How’s It Hanging?
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#56 Happy Birthday
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#57 CC The Sloth (From Staten Island Zoo) Getting Ready For The Today Show
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#58 I Got To Meet Slow-Moe Today
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#59 No No, Retake The Picture
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#60 Orphan Baby Sloths Cling Together
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#61 Look At This Baby Drinking
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#62 Sloth Taking A Selfie? Don’t Mind If I Do
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#63 Hey Man Pull Over, I Need Some Doritos
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#64 A Proud Mama
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#65 When Baby Sloths Are In Captivity, They Have To Be In Incubators
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#66 Sloth In A Bowl
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#67 If You Know What I Mean
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#68 A Buddy And I Were Getting Stoned On Some Random Beach Beach In Costa Rica When This Guy Unexpectedly Descended From The Trees To See What We Were Up To, He Insisted On A Selfie
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#69 It’s Morning Already?
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#70 Just A Comfy Baby Sloth In A Box
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#71 I Helped This Girl Cross The Street
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#72 Just A Happy Sloth
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#73 That Bowl Cut Tho
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#74 Sloth Kisses
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#75 Have You Ever Seen An Albino Sloth?
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#76 This Is A Basket Full Of Cuteness
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#77 Sleepy Sloths Suck Their Thumbs
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#78 Teeny Tiny Baby Sloth
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#79 If This Is One Of The Seven Deadly Sins
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#80 My Husband Made A New Friend
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#81 I Let A Sloth Take A Selfie On My Phone In The Amazon
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#82 Sloths Are Adorable
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#83 I’m Here For The Glorious Sloth Karma
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#84 The Best Part Of A Trip
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#85 New Baby Marshmallow At The Sloth Sanctuary
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#86 S L O W B L E P
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#87 Hey There
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#88 Spotted This Little Guy In The Bushes On My Last Day In Costa Rica
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#89 I Fulfilled One Of My Life Dreams This Summer
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#90 Is This The Line For Hibiscus Flowers?
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