Slothy+the+sloth

En.wikipedia.org/wiki/sloth,http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/save-the-sloths/ Name: slothy the sloth Age: 15 Colour of hair: brown Habitat: rainforest Fav food: insects, small reptiles and birds. Offspring: I have no children Attributes: it is very slow and it it is up side down on a tree. Status: Critically endangered Location: South and Central America

Sloths are classified as folivores as the bulk of their diet consists mostly of buds, tender shoots, and leaves, mainly of Cecropia trees. Some two-toed sloths have been documented as eating insects, small reptiles and birds as a small supplement to their diet. Linnaeus's Two-toed Sloth has recently been documented eating human feces from open latrines. They have made extraordinary adaptations to an arboreal browsing lifestyle. Leaves, their main food source, provide very little energy or nutrition and do not digest easily. Sloths therefore have large, specialized, slow-acting stomachs with multiple compartments in which symbiotic bacteria break down the tough leaves Sloths are classified as folivores as the bulk of their diet consists mostly of buds, tender shoots, and leaves, mainly of Cecropia trees. Some two-toed sloths have been documented as eating insects, small reptiles and birds as a small supplement to their diet.

Sloth furs exhibit specialized functions: the outer hairs grow in a direction opposite from that of other mammals. In most mammals hairs grow toward the extremities, but because sloths spend so much time with their legs above their bodies, their hairs grow away from the extremities in order to provide protection from the elements while the sloth hangs upside down. In most conditions, the fur hosts two species of symbiotic cyanobacteria, which provide camouflage. Because of the cyanobacteria, sloth fur is a small ecosystem of its own, hosting many species of non-parasitic insects. Sloths have short, flat heads, big eyes, a short snout, long legs, and tiny ears. They also have stubby tails, usually 6–7 cm long. Altogether, sloths' bodies usually are anywhere between 50 and 60 cm long.

The way we can killing the sloths is to stop killing there habitat because that is there home in the rainforest in south and central america There is a huge declination in the rain forests  for farming and cattle raising which is taking away the Sloth's habitat more and more every year.We need to stop this and give these wonderful animals a place to live, and a chance to survive. Where they live is where there food and water is so Thayer can't eat because they can't find any food but they will be able to find water but they want survive with just water. This is the photos of the sloth habitat and being threatened.