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SLOTHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SLOTHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!. BY ………………………. AMINAH, ANYA AND SIÂN. SLOTHS ARE ENDANGERED. WHY?. SLOTHS ARE ENDANGERED DUE TO THE DEFORESTATION (BY MEN), WHICH DESTROYS ITS SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAN, RAINFOREST HOME. AN EXTINCT SLOTH. GROUND SLOTHS ARE A SPECIES OF EXTINCT SLOTHS.

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SLOTHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  1. SLOTHS!!!!!!!!!!!!! BY ………………………. AMINAH, ANYA AND SIÂN

  2. SLOTHS ARE ENDANGERED. WHY? • SLOTHS ARE ENDANGERED DUE TO THE DEFORESTATION (BY MEN), WHICH DESTROYS ITS SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAN, RAINFOREST HOME.

  3. AN EXTINCT SLOTH • GROUND SLOTHS ARE A SPECIES OF EXTINCT SLOTHS. • RADIO CARBON DATING SUGGESTS THE LAST GROUND SLOTH BECAME EXTINCT AROUND 1550 BC. • THEIR SKELETONS CAN BE SEEN IN MANY MUSEUMS.

  4. HOW ARE THEY PROTECTED? • CONSERVATION PROJECTS SUCH AS WWF PROVIDE SERVICES IN WHOCH YOU CAN ADOPT SLOTHS AND OTHER ENDANGERED ANIMALS. • YOU CAN GO TO: http://gifts.worldwildlife.org/gift-center/gifts/Species-Adoptions/Three-toed-Sloth.aspx TO ADOPT ONE YOURSELF.

  5. MORE ABOUT SLOTHY-WOTHIES • THEY SLEEP FOR AN AVERAGE OF 15 HOURS A DAY DUE TO THEIR DIET. • THEIR DIET CONSITS OF LEAVES AND THE OCCASIONAL BERRY WHICH CONTAINS VERY LITTLE ENERGY. • ALMOST EVERYTHING A SLOTH DOES IS DONE IN THE TREES SUCH AS EATING, MATING AND EVEN GIVING BIRTH! • THE ONLY THING SLOTHS DO ON THE GROUND IS POO!

  6. EVEN MORE ABOUT SLOTHY- WOTHIES • SLOTHS HAVE A FOUR-PART STOMACH THAT SLOWLY DIGESTS THE TOUGH LEAVES THEY EAT. • SOMETIMES IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MONTH FOR A SLOTH TO DIGEST ITS MEAL. • DESPITE THE COMMON BELIEF THEY ONLY LIVE IN TREES, THEY ARE ACTUALLY EXCELLENT SWIMMERS.

  7. 5 FACTS YOU ALMOST CERTAINLY DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT SLOTHS • SLOTHS CAN RETAIN THEIR GRIP AFTER DEATH!!!!!!!! • ALL SLOTHS HAVE 3 TOES EVEN THE “TWO-TOED” ONES!!!!!!!! • BY BEING SO DIRTY IT CREATES IN OWN MINIATURE ECOSYSTEM!!!!!!!! • THEY WEREN’T ALWAYS SEEN AS CUTE AND CUDDLY!!!!!!!! • TWO-TOED SLOTHS CAN ROTATE THEIR HEADS 360˚!!!!!!!!

  8. SLOTHS PROVIDE ENTERTAINMENT!!!!!!!! • SUCH AS THESE AWESOME SLOTHS!!!!!!!!!!!!

  9. SUCH AN IMPROVEMENT!!!!

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