We meet the sloth!! very very slowly!

What a great Smile :)

After an amazing day of seeing TierraMitica, on our drive back we spotted a sloth next to the road! This fantastic animal was so great to see. We all got out, and watched him until he had just about climbed out of a mountain of mud and sand (and for a sloth on the ground, that takes a harmoniously long time time!).

The sloth has an amazing shape to its body, this is how begins to climb, and return to its home in the jungle canopies.

The sloth moves with a motion that is very interesting to watch. How he stretched out his very long arms, and slowly but very nimbly climbed his way into the trees was a fun experience to watch. It is so nice to watch somebody absolutely not in a hurry!!




Some interesting things about sloths:


"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."
"They have about a quarter as much muscle tissue as other animals of similar weight"


"Their specialised hands and feet have long, curved claws to allow them to hang upside-down from branches without effort. While they sometimes sit on top of branches, they usually eat, sleep, and even give birth hanging from limbs. They sometimes remain hanging from branches after death."source: wikipedia




Animals and birds in TierraMitica are starting to trust us more and more and to visit us to say hi!!! We are so honored!