Sloths

The well-being and survival of Central and South American tropical forests are essential to the charming and slothlike creatures that live in treetops. They sleep and stay safe from predators for a large portion of their lives beneath the canopy.

Outside of the breeding season, sloths are solitary animals that rarely socialize. But because of their strict sleeping cycle, sloths rarely have the chance to feel lonely. According to studies from the Planck Institute for Ornithology in Starnberg, Germany, wild sloths rarely sleep for more than 10 hours per day, although captive sloths regularly sleep 15 to 20 hours per day. Sloths love to snooze in the fork of a tropical tree, curled up into a ball. Additionally, they enjoy dozing off while claw-hung from tree limbs.