The word "sloth" translates to "perezoso" in Spanish, "paresseux" in French, "preguiça" in Portuguese, "faul" in German, "luiheid" in Dutch, and "pigro" in Italian.

Sloths play a role in their ecosystem by helping to disperse seeds through their feces and by serving as a source of food for predators. Their slow movements are an adaptation to conserve energy due to their low metabolism, allowing them to thrive in the forest canopy where food is scarce. They also contribute to the biodiversity of the rainforest.

Sloths are not actually lazy; their slow metabolism and energy conservation strategies have evolved due to their low-nutrient diet. Moving slowly helps them conserve energy and avoid predators in their tree-dwelling habitats. They are adapted to their environment rather than being lazy.

Yes, tree sloths did evolve from a common ancestor with ground sloths. Tree sloths are believed to have evolved from ground-dwelling ancestors, adapting to arboreal life over time. Both tree sloths and ground sloths belong to the same family, Megalonychidae.

Scientific names for organisms typically include the genus and species names.

A baby sloth is called a "slothlet" or a "sloth kitten".

Two Toed Sloths Mainly Eat Fruits And Leaves. But Will Also Very Occasionally Eat Insects. The Main Insectivourus Foods For The Two Toed Sloth Is Possibly Catterpillers And Other Slow Insects.

They had size advantage, the biggest species of them is megatherium which was about the size of a modern elephant. Those sloths had giant claws.

slow as hell yea it is though they do ride motorcycles around the place so they are pretty fast on them so whta do you think about that hahahahahano

Sloths belong to the class 'Mammalia'

10-20 pounds

Their sloths that look reallly big. More than usual.

Partly from natural colouration, partly from algae growing in their fur.

i think fur and skin only

Yes, apparently you can:

As of 2007, you don't need a license to own one, but they do live up to 30 years, so it's a huge commitment to be a sloth owner. They also have strict diets and habitat requirements. But in any case, it's at least legal.

Some insect action in the fur, like moths. Nothing bigger.

Not really. The mammoths were herbivores and for dinosaurs such as T-rex they were just big woolen chickens. The mammoths would get eaten on the first occasion. that is an idea. The truth is that when mammoths walked on earth the dinosaurs were already EXTINCT!!!

There are a lot of animals that never move. Corals, sponges, and barnacles are examples, but there are many more. Clearly, these animals would have to qualify as the slowest on earth, clocking in at 0 miles per hour. Of the animals that do move, a lot depends upon size. Small, microscopic, animals might seem fast when they dart across your field of view in the microscope, but they are covering a very small distance. If you were to clock the speed of these types of animals, you wouldn't get a speed that was much better than 0 miles per hour. Speed generally increases as size increases, just like an adult human can run faster than a child. However, there is one animal of mid to large size that is particularly noted for its lack of speed. This is the sloth. The sloth is an arboreal (tree living) animal that moves very slowly. Because of this, its name has taken on the meaning of a slow, lazy person. However the sloth is not moving slowly because it is lazy. It lives in an area where eagles are the major predator. Eagles, like most predators, have very keen eye-sight and are particularly able to detect movement. When the sloth moves through the trees very slowly, it is hard to detect its presence. Thus, the sloth's slow speed is really an advantage against its major predator.