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Sloth on the Beach

Brad O'Farrell — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:00:51 +0000

Aw, the cutest little deadly sin ever melts just like puddy in your hands. (via JuliaSegal)

Sloth At The Spa

Brad O'Farrell — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:00:45 +0000

I mean, it seems a little redundant, but you’re the boss! (via CuteOverload)

How Forward Of You

Brad O'Farrell — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:00:02 +0000

This shocked sloth is being played by Meryl Streep. (via juliasegal)

Baby Sloth

Brad O'Farrell — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:48:30 +0000

Good morning there, little sloth. Did you just wake up? (via iamtheauthoress)

Need more? Who doesn’t? We got a page full of snuggly cute sloths.

Sloths – Nature’s Muppets

Brad O'Farrell — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:00:20 +0000

Since today is all about recognizing animals that rarely get the spotlight, and since we unanimously decided we love sloths, this post is about… sloths! Here’s a video of a baby sloth doing weird cute things like scratching his head with his foot, scratching his butt with his hand, and hanging on to the rim of his crib with all four paws. Sloths are nature’s muppets! Not only do they look like their limbs are being manipulated by wires, but they spend all their time trying to put on a show and not actually succeeding. My favorite part is his less-charismatic glassy-eyed pal just looks at the camera cutely.
Can’t see the video in your reader? Watch it here.

The Sloth Issue

Brad O'Farrell — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:00:55 +0000

Here’s the thing about sloths: You either love them or hate them. They’re very controversial in the realm of cute animals. I know at least two people who describe them as their least favorite animal and at least two who describe them as their favorite animal. In photos they can be cute, especially as babies. But in videos? They border on abomination. STILL, they have some kind of essence of snuzziness, buried somewhere deep behind their cold apathetic eyes. What do you think, Snuzzy readers? Should sloth coverage continue on Snuzzy, or should I just keep posting all otters all the time?

Can’t see the video in your reader? Watch it here.

Swimming Sloth

Maren — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:16:35 +0000

Baby Sloth is Epically Cute

Maren — Mon, 25 May 2009 11:13:26 +0000

Aviarios del Caribe ~ Sloth Rescue Center in Limon, Costa Rica

The sloth in this video was orphaned, and is now cared for by the good people at Aviarios del Caribe.
This footage was taken while on a country-wide excursion through costa rica. Regretfully, this is not my pet sloth and I have no involvement in its upbringing. I’m sure the experienced and knowledgeable staff at A.D.C. will release it back into the wild when it is old and healthy enough to be able to survive on its own.

Baby Aviarios Sloth

Maren — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:00:24 +0000

The Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary cares for injured and orphaned sloths in Costa Rica. They also lead sloth education efforts to improve the plight of wild sloths. From time to time, they even have a captive birth, including this baby three-toed sloth called a bradypus or pale-throated sloth.

At 2 days old, the baby bradypus weighed just 425 grams or 15 ounces!

Link: Zooborns.

To Laze or Not To Laze: A Sloth’s Life

anders — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:06:21 +0000

This 60 Second Science Podcast came through my speakers the other day and it got me thinking about these poor little sloths, what with their animal kingdom buddies always calling them lazy and all. Sheesh.

But it turns out they’re not as lazy as people think. According to the story:

Using equipment designed to monitor the brain waves of animals in the wild, the scientists found that sloths actually spend less than 10 hours a day asleep in the trees.

And that sounds perfectly reasonable to me. I know my cats spend more time asleep every day than that. Plus, these guys are cute. They need their snuzzy sleep.

Links: [Scientific American] & [FunnyJunk.com]