Life in Slo-Mo
Written by SurfWriter Girls Sunny Magdaug and Patti Kishel
Move over unicorns and flamingos! Make way for the sloths!
Trend-spotters have anointed this reclusive creature that lives in the tops of tall trees as this year’s soon to-be pop culture favorite.
Native to Central and South America, sloths have the distinction of being the world’s slowest mammal. It can take them a minute or more just to climb 6 feet.
And talk about laid back, sloths spend up to 20 hours a day sleeping. So, it’s a rare sight when you see one on the ground.
SurfWriter Girl Patti & hubby Greg spotted some sloths in Costa Rica’s Manuel Antonio National Park near Jacó, a beach town on the Pacific known for surfing, when they were on a trip there.
“You had to look really closely because they blended into the trees,” says Patti.
Sloths eat a diet mainly of leaves and have a lifespan of 20 to 30 years. Plus some sloths have two toes and some have three.
Why does everyone like them so much? Maybe it’s because in today’s fast-paced, always on-the-go world sloths dance to a different tune.
Movies like Zootopia and Ice Age have helped to give them star power, too. So, get ready to channel your inner sloth.
But, take your time. There’s no rush.
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