SLOTHS, HONOLULU ZOO, LIVE WEBCAM
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- Location: Honolulu Zoo, Hawaii, United States
- Source: Honolulu Zoo
- Info: Live streaming webcam showing sloths at Honolulu Zoo in Hawaii, United States. The webcam shows Linne's two-toed sloths, also known as the southern two-toed sloth, unau and Linnaeus's two-toed sloth.
More info: Linne's two-toed sloth is a species of sloth from South America, found in Venezuela, the Guyanas, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil north of the Amazon River. There is now evidence to suggest that the species' range also expands into Bolivia.
The Linne's two-toed sloth, as its name suggests, has two toes on its forelimbs but its rear limbs, as with all sloths, have three.
Sloths are well adapted to life in the treetops. They have long curved claws which gives them a powerful grip and the ability to hang easily from branches. They sleep hanging in the trees, mate in the trees and even give birth hanging upside down in trees.
Everything about a sloth is slow and they are in fact the world’s slowest mammals. Slothe have the lowest variable body temperature of any mammal, from 75 to 86 degrees F. (24-30 degrees C.) A sloths digestive system is so slow that they only defecate and urinate about once a week and because of their sedentary life they actually have algae growing on their long fur.
Sloths have weak hind legs and are unable to stand or walk. To move on land they must crawl pulled along by their strong front legs but they are good in water and can swim well.
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