Species of the day: February 14, 2013 – Three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus)

Today we had a rare siting for our region – a sloth. They are usually very hard to spot since they don’t move around very quickly and can usually only be seen as a small grey blob in the crook of a tree. This one was no exception and we walked underneath it several times without noticing it. Supposedly the maximum speed of a three-toed sloth is 0.24km/h (0.15m/h)! We couldn’t judge this for ourselves since this one paid us absolutely no attention and didn’t move at all.