A spokesperson for the San Diego Zoo told the news outlet that sloth mothers are very nurturing and highly “in tune” with the ...

The sloth in the video above appears to be an adult pale-throated three-toed sloth, or Bradypus tridactylus. Their native habitat is the canopies of tropical rainforests in Central and South America.

I love sloths and have spent many happy hours admiring their languorous lives. But as founder of the Sloth Appreciation Society I am frequently asked how sloths can exist when they are such losers.