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Three-toed sloth
Let's hang
If you're moving slow today, that's just fine – you're outpacing our rainforest-dwelling photo subject, which spends 90% of its time scarcely moving a muscle. Sloths (this one's a three-toed sloth – count 'em) move very little to conserve the scant energy gained from their leaves-only diet. They live most of their lives hanging from their hooked claws in trees like this cecropia, whose leaves are a favorite sloth food. Sloths even sleep in a dangling position, and they often snooze away 20 hours of the day. Jealous?
Let's hang
If you're moving slow today, that's just fine – you're outpacing our rainforest-dwelling photo subject, which spends 90% of its time scarcely moving a muscle. Sloths (this one's a three-toed sloth – count 'em) move very little to conserve the scant energy gained from their leaves-only diet. They live most of their lives hanging from their hooked claws in trees like this cecropia, whose leaves are a favorite sloth food. Sloths even sleep in a dangling position, and they often snooze away 20 hours of the day. Jealous?
Providing yummy leaves to eat and shelter for long sleeps, a tree is truly a sloth's best friend.
© Juan Carlos Vindas / Moment / Getty Images 2026-09-11 08:45:51 :