Sloths are known by many people for many things, including their cuteness, how adorable and lovable they are, and how wonderful they are. They are also known by many people for their slowness, which they most definitely are! But just how slow are sloths? That is what this article is going to address and discuss. I will do so by discussing why sloths move so slowly, how slowly they actually do move, and compare their speeds to the speeds of some other animals. At the end of it all, I hope to have educated and entertained you. So, let’s begin….. Read More

Animals (like humans) don’t all enjoy eating the same foods – and with all of the animals that are in the animal kingdom, I can only imagine how many meal varieties there are out there! Have you ever wondered about what foods different animals eat? In this article, I will look at sloths specifically (since I own allaboutsloths.com) and will attempt to answer the question, “Do sloths eat?” I will do so by presenting the different species of sloths that currently exist, discussing if some (or all) of them eat, talking about the eating habits of some extinct sloths from Read More

As humans, we all need to perform certain activities in order to survive. One of those activities is sleeping (I know I love my sleep!). But what about sloths? Do sloths need sleep like humans do? What are sloth sleeping habits? There is sometimes an assumption that sloths lie around and sleep most of their days away, but is this actually true? In this article, I will answer these questions for you by discussing sleep that humans require in order to survive, comparing that to how much sleep sloths get, and then making sleep comparisons with other animals. At the Read More