Have You Ever Seen a three-toed Sloth in the Nature?

A female three-toed sloth (credit to Inverse)

I was stunning to see this animal from a media. First, I feel scary, then adapt to be interest. I never saw this animal in the nature.

This is a mammal, originally from Amazon areas which cover many countries in the South America or some isolated places in the Latin America.

We know there are 4 species of a three-toed sloth:

- the maned sloth (Bradypus torquatus)

- the brown throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus)

- the pygmy three toed sloth (Bradypus pygmaeus)

- the pale throated sloth (Bradypus tridactylus).

Two of these four species, namely the maned sloth and the pygmy three toed sloth are red list of endangered species by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Cute babies three-toed Sloth (credit to Pinterest).

Other two species, the brown throated sloth and the pale throated sloth mainly living in the protected forest with healthy environments.

The four species have different length of pregnancy periods, from 5 month (150 days) to almost one year. They always produce one baby only per pregnancy.

Have You Ever Seen the three-toed Sloths in their own habitats?