Sloth

1. Sloth By: Karis

2. Animal Facts Description A sloth’s colors are grey, brown and slightly green because it is algae growing on its back. A sloth’s height is 2 to 3 feet . A sloth has fur not hair. A sloth’s hair part is on its tummy, not back because a sloth is usually upside down so when rain falls all the water will all slide off. Diet A sloth is a herbivore. That means it never eats meat. A sloth’s favorite thing to munch on is leaves. Movement A sloth swings from tree to tree. When a sloth is on the ground it drags it self with it’s hands. A sloth moves very slowly. It is the slowest mammal on earth. A pic showing your animal.

3. Habitat Picture showing your animal in its habitat. Map showing where your animal lives A sloth lives usually Central South America in the rain forest. It’s habitat is in the trees. It almost never goes out of its tree. A sloth lives in tall trees so it can get leaves that other animals can not reach. The adaptions that a sloth has to survive is it spends most of its living upside down. Also it has curved claws to climb trees

4. Life Cycle A sloth has live birth. One at a time. It takes 5 to 6 months to have a baby. The mom takes care of the baby for a few months. The baby looks like the mom and dad but smaller. A baby sloth is called a pup. A picture of the animal as a baby or young. Adults live a mate which is female and male. Then they have pups. Sloth have a flat head, big eyes, short snout, long legs, and tiny ears, sturdy curved claws. A sloth lives up to 30 years. A picture of the animal as a grown/ mature animal.

5. Animal Interactions A sloth protects itself by having sharp curved claws, sharp teeth and also algae growing on its fur to camouflage in the forest. A sloth communicates by making a low tone when finding a mate and protecting its habitat. Usually mom to baby. A female screams to the male to tell him she is ready to mate. Pic of animal adaptation that allows it to protect itself Write a caption for your picture explaining how animal protects itself Caption for your picture explaining if animal pictured is enemy, predator, prey, etc. A sloth’s predators are jaguars, eagles, and people. A sloth stays in trees to avoid getting eaten if a sloth is in danger and it is out of it’s tree it shows it’s curved claws, and his sharp teeth. Pic of enemy, predator, prey, etc.

6. Interesting Facts How far can it turn A sloth can turn it’s head like an owl. Slow but not lazy A sloth is not lazy just slow moving A pic to accompany fact #2 slowness Sloth got it’s name by slowness. A pic to accompany fact #3 A pic to accompany fact #1