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Sloths:     more books (100)

The Sloths Get a Pet (Step into Reading) by Maribeth Boelts, 2003-10-28 Sloth: Ode to Disarray & Delay (Sin Series) by Dale Burg, 2006-02-07 Speed Up, Sammy the Tree Sloth (Animal Underdogs) (Animal Underdogs) by Carl Emerson, 2007-07-01 Sloth's Shoes by Jeanne Willis, Willis Jeanne, 1998-03 Memoir on the megatherium, or giant ground-sloth of America by Richard Owen, 2010-08-21 SLOTH by TOM THORNTON, 2009-08-20 Discover Your Inner Sloth: Mix in Its Leisurely Dynamic to Banish Stress Before It Ruins Your Life and Relationships by Gillian Bridge, 2007-05 Ice Age 2: Sid and the Mini-Sloths by Jennifer Frantz, 2006-03-01 The Sloth: The World's Slowest Mammal (Animal Record Breakers) by Joy Paige, 2002-08 Three Toed Sloths and Seven League Boots: A Dictionary of Numerical Expressions by Laurence Urdang, 1992-12 The haemoflagellates of sloths, by Jeffrey Jon Shaw, 1969 El Perezoso/the Sloth: El Mamifero Mas Lento Del Mundo (Campeones del Mundo Animal) (Spanish Edition) by Joy Paige, 2003-12 The Sloths of Kruvny by Vern Fearing, 2010-07-06 Discovering the World of the Three-toed Sloth by John Hoke, 1977-03

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41. ThinkQuest : Library : Living In The Ice Age
    GROUND sloths. The ground sloths lived in the western hemisphere. They re four different species of ground sloths, they are the Jefferson s  
    http://library.thinkquest.org/J001457/sloths.htm
    
    Extractions: Index Earth Science The site is about the Ice Age in North America. It has many interesting facts about the Asians coming to North America during the Ice Age and how they followed the mammoths. There will be a quiz to test how much the readers know. Visit Site 2000 ThinkQuest USA Want to build a ThinkQuest site? The ThinkQuest site above is one of thousands of educational web sites built by students from around the world. Click here to learn how you can build a ThinkQuest site. Privacy Policy

42. LookSmart - Directory - Sloths
    Mammals sloths. sloths Find fact sheets and images spotlighting this animal, which is known to be quite lazy. Directory Listings  
    http://search.looksmart.com/p/browse/us1/us317914/us146762/us217721/us330437/

43. ADW: Megalonychidae: Information
    Family Megalonychidae (twotoed sloths). Two-toed sloths are found in Central America, throughout northern South America and in the Amazon basin.  
    http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/chordata/mammalia/xenarthra/megalonychidae
    
    Extractions: editLink('skunkworks/.accounts/200310302359') 2004/05/18 13:30:15.720 GMT-4 By Phil Myers Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Mammalia Order: Xenarthra Family: Megalonychidae Members of this Family This family contains 2 species placed in a single genus, Choloepus . Two-toed sloths are found in Central America, throughout northern South America and in the Amazon basin. Two toed sloths are medium-sized animals, with a body slightly more than half a meter in length and weight up to around 9 kg. They are covered with long, usually pale gray-brown fur (paler on the head) that takes on a greenish hue due to symbiotic algae living on the hairs. Under the coarse outer fur, the pelage grades into a layer of finer, shorter underfur. External ears are much reduced in size. The forelimbs and hindlimbs are long, with the forelimbs somewhat longer than the hindlimbs (but the difference is not as extreme as it is in three-toed sloths, Bradypodidae ). The forelimbs end in two large, curved

44. ADW: Bradypodidae: Information
    Bradypodidae. Family Bradypodidae (threetoed sloths). Brazil. Three-toed sloths weigh 3 - 5 kg; their bodies run around 0.5 m in length.  
    http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/chordata/mammalia/xenarthra/bradypodidae.h
    
    Extractions: editLink('skunkworks/.accounts/200310302356') 2004/05/18 13:30:14.525 GMT-4 By Phil Myers Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Mammalia Order: Xenarthra Family: Bradypodidae Members of this Family This family includes 3 Recent species in one genus, Bradypus. It is distributed through Central and South America, south to southern Brazil. Three-toed sloths weigh 3 - 5 kg; their bodies run around 0.5 m in length. They are covered with dense, long, shaggy fur made up of thick hairs with longitudinal grooves. Beneath the overfur is short underfur of finer texture. Some have unusually long neck hairs, which form a mane. Individual hairs are directed so that they point towards the ground when the animal hangs beneath a branch, perhaps helping it shed rain. Three-toed sloths are mostly tan or yellow-brown in color (with some contrasting markings on the face and mane), and the grooves in the individual hairs contain algal cells that give the coat a greenish cast. Bradypodids have a short and very stout tail. The forearms of three-toed sloths are longer than the hind limbs. Fore and hind feet have three enlarged, hook-like

45. Sloth - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
    sloths. sloths are mediumsized South American mammals belonging to the families Megalonychidae and Bradypodidae, part of the order Xenarthra.  
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloth
    
    Extractions: Choloepus Sloths are medium-sized South American mammals belonging to the families Megalonychidae and Bradypodidae , part of the order Xenarthra . Sloths are herbivores , eating very little other than leaves. Sloths have made extraordinary adaptations to an arboreal browsing lifestyle. Leaves provide very little energy or nutrition and do not digest easily: sloths have very large, specialised, slow-acting stomachs with multiple compartments in which symbiotic bacteria break down the tough leaves. As much as two-thirds of a well-fed sloth's body-weight consists of the contents of its stomach, and the digestive process can take as long as a month or more to complete. Even so, leaves provide little energy, and sloths deal with this by a range of economy measures: they have very low metabolic rates (less than half of that expected for a creature of their size), and maintain low body temperatures when active (30 to 34 degrees Celsius), and still lower temperatures when resting.

46. Symbiotic Sloths
    Photosynthetic sloths of Amazonia a mere ¶ from One River by Wade Davis! The threetoed sloth is a gentle herbivore. Its slow movements  
    http://deoxy.org/gaia/3tsloth.htm
    
    Extractions: Viewed up close, the sloth appears as a hallucination, an ecosystem unto itself that softly vibrates with hundreds of exoparasites. The animal's mottled appearance is due in part to a blue-green alga that lives symbiotically within its hollow hairs. A dozen varieties of arthropods burrow beneath its fur; a single sloth weighing a mere ten pounds may be home to over a thousand beetles. The life cycles off these insects are completely tied to the daily round of the sloth. With its excruciatingly slow metabolism, the sloth defacates only once a week. The animal climbs down from the canopy, excavates a small depression at the foot of the tree, voids its feces, and then returns back up. Mites, beetles, and even a few species of moth leap off the sloth, deposit an egg in the dung, and climb back onto their host for a ride up the tree. The eggs germinate, and in one way or another, the young insects find another sloth to call home. Why would this animal go down to the base of the tree, exposing itself to all forms of terrestrial predation, when it could just as easily deficate from the treetops?

47. HerbWeb Sloths: Photograph Of Baby Sloth
    BLTC Logo A Baby Sloth. photo of baby sloth Noncooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good. Mohandas Gandhi.  
    http://www.hedweb.com/animimag/slothbab.htm

48. HerbWeb Sloths: Photograph Of A Sloth And Her Youngster
    BLTC Logo sloths. photograph of a sloth and baby Animal Liberation will require greater altruism on the part of human beings than  
    http://www.hedweb.com/animimag/sloth3to.htm
    
    Extractions: "Animal Liberation will require greater altruism on the part of human beings than any other liberation movement. The animals themselves are incapable of demanding their own liberation, or of protesting against their condition with votes, demonstrations or bombs. Human beings have the power to continue to oppress other species forever, or until we make the planet unsuitable for living beings. Will our tyranny continue, proving that we really are the selfish tyrants that the most cynical of poets and philosophers have always said we are? Or will we rise to the challenge and prove our capacity for genuine altruism by ending the ruthless oppression of species in our power, not because we are forced to do so by rebels or terrorists, but because we recognise our position is morally indefensible? The way in which we answer this question depends on the way each one of us, individually, answers it." Peter Singer ALF FAQ

49. Sloths
    There are 5 different species of sloths. The sloths at the Brandwyine Zoo are Hoffman s two toed sloths. All sloths have 3 toes, even two toed sloths.  
    http://www.k12.de.us/warner/sloths.htm
    
    Extractions: A sloth can be the size of a small dog. It weighs about 9-20 lb. Its length is about 21-29 in. It has a flat, short head with a snub nose and tiny ears. Its entire body is covered with grayish brown hair. Its tail is small. Its limbs are long and well developed, and it has long curved claws to hook over and grasp tree limbs. All sloths have 3 toes, even two toed sloths. A two toed sloth has 3 toes, but 2 claws. Sloths don't have any incisor teeth. A sloth can only have one baby at a time. The baby has to stay on the mom's back until it is old enough to take care of itself. A baby two toed sloth clings to its mother while she hangs up-side down. Sloths give birth to their babies with their stomach facing up. Sloths nearly spend all their life in the up-side down position. They eat, sleep, and mate in that position. The breeding season is in March and April and gestation last 120 days.

50. Xenarthra (Armadillos, Anteaters & Sloths)
    HomeZooMammalsArmadillos, Anteaters sloths. Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Mammalia Order Xenarthra, Order Xenarthra.  
    http://www.thebigzoo.com/zoo/Xenarthra.asp
    
    Extractions: Members of this order consist of the two and three toed sloth, the American anteater, and the armadillos. All members of this order are found in South, Central, and Southern North America. The nine-banded armadillo is the only member of this order in the United States. These animals are primarily insectivores and herbivores . While currently moderately sized animals, in the past members of this order approached the size of elephants. The forefoot of most animals in this order has five digits though usually just two or three are prominent. These usually have long, sharp claws. This order was until recently referred to as Edentata but that is now being used for some toothless or near toothless extinct animals which may or may not be related.

51.   MegaFauna  
    Woolly and Huge Shaggy behemoths.and massive sloths. Megatherium americanum (Cousins to Ground sloths)* Height 19.5ft (6m) Links 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6  
    http://www.kokogiak.com/megafauna/woolly.asp

52. Giant Ground Sloths.
    Giant Ground sloths. The Giant to do). However, we can only speculate on the habits of Ground sloths based on their fossil remains.  
    http://www.xenarthra.org/GiantSloth.html
    
    Extractions: Photo courtesy University of Iowa General Information: Present-day Sloths are the descendants of the now extinct Giant Ground Sloth, which sometimes reached the size of an elephant. The last Giant Sloths probably lived about 10,000 years ago at the end of the Pleistocene period, a part of what is popularly known as "The Great Ice Age". The Giant Ground Sloth was indigenous to the western hemisphere, having evolved in South America (which was, from about 65 million years ago, an isolated island). Giant Ground Sloths made their way into North America but were probably hunted into extinction by the faster, deadlier predators of the period. Fossil remains of these strange animals have been found in Haiti and Puerto Rico, as well as in the United States . Although the Giant Ground Sloth was thought to be quite large, other anscestors of the Three-Toed Sloth (the Bradypodidae family, sometimes thought to be related to the long-extinct Megatheriidae family) and Two-Toed Sloth (the Megalonychidae family) may only have been the size of a large dog or perhaps slightly larger (up to 150 pounds). A third extinct family, that of Mylodontidae, has no living relative in modern times. These ancient beasts most likely shared many qualities of the present-day Sloth, such as eating habits, movement, et cetera, but lived out its life on, as its name suggests, the ground, or perhaps partially in the lower canopy area of tropical forest areas. Bones remains in Haiti and Puerto Rico have shown that these ancient Ground Sloths were visually comparable more toward Two-Toed Sloths (

53. Interesting Thing Of The Day: The Hidden Lives Of Sloths
    The Hidden Lives of sloths. A volunteer had patiently explained many of the differences between twotoed and three-toed sloths, about which more later.  
    http://itotd.com/index.alt?ArticleID=17

54. National Geographic Coloring Book: Three-Toed Sloth Picture
    Print detailed illustrations of threetoed sloths and other animals to color or use in school projects. Includes cool animal facts and Web links.  
    http://www.nationalgeographic.com/coloringbook/sloths.html

55. Brown Throated Three-toed Sloth
    sloths are known to sleep or rest up to twenty hours a day (Bebee 1926). sloths and other members of their order were among the first mammals of South America.  
    http://bss.sfsu.edu/geog/bholzman/courses/fall99projects/sloth.htm
    
    Extractions: The brown-throated three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus) can be identified and distinguished from other members of its genus by the brown color of its fur on the sides of its face and throat, prominent dark brown forehead, suborbital stripe outlining the ocular area of the face and shorter mandibular spout (Wetzel and Koch 1973; Wetzel and Avila-Pires 1980). Bradypus variegatus prefers trees with large crowns and selects them based on the amount of time the crowns are exposed to sun (Montgomery and Sunquist 1978). This behavior is related to its variable body temperature in which the genus Bradypus thermoregulates its body by moving into the trees when its hot and increasing its exposure to the sun when its cold (Montgomery and Sunquist 1978). It favors lower elevation humid forest conditions and is strictly arboreal. On occasion, Bradypus variegatus does leave the trees and crawls along the forest floor or swims in the flooded forest to find other trees for food. It has difficulty crawling but swims well ( Rodrigues; Britton 1941; Worman 1946; Tirler 1966), although it has never been known to dive into the water. Little change in climatic conditions and high light intensity are both factors that restrict Bradypus variegatus to this particular habitat.

56. Sloth Movie, Sloth Video, Sloth Posters
    All Animals.Vertebrates.Mammals.Mammals Misc.. sloths. Two-toed sloth Source ClipArt.com - 2.5 million Clipart images for $7.99 Image © 2003 www.clipart.com,  
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    Extractions: Image © 2003 www.clipart.com Counts: Video:13 Audio:0 sites:4 images:5 Sloth Tropical Ecosystems of Costa Rica and Panama (R. Hays Cummins, Miami University) MOV A distant sloth returns to his aerial perch after taking a trip to the ground to defecate along the Caribbean coast. Sloth Silvertip Digital Library MOV sloth sleeping in tree fork, Costa Rica Sloth Silvertip Digital Library MOV sloth climbing on power lines in Costa Rica Three-toed Sloth Getty Images MOV Three toed sloth mother and baby sitting in tree branches Three-toed Sloth Getty Images MOV Three toed sloth moving between trees in rain forest Three-toed sloth Tropical Ecosystems of Costa Rica and Panama (R. Hays Cummins, Miami University)

57. Edentata Or Xenarthra (Armadillos, Anteaters, And Sloths)
    Edentata or Xenarthra (Armadillos, Anteaters, and sloths). Megalonychid sloths Twotoed sloths Hoffman s or Two-toed Sloth - Choloepus hoffmanni  
    http://www.animalomnibus.com/edentata.htm

58. MSN Encarta - Sloth
    sloths are divided into two groups the threetoed sloths, among which is the ai, and the two-toed sloths, among which is the unau.  
    http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761562271/Sloth.html
    
    Extractions: MSN Home My MSN Hotmail Shopping ... Money Web Search: logoImg('http://sc.msn.com'); Encarta Subscriber Sign In Help Home ... Upgrade to Encarta Premium Search Encarta Tasks Find in this article Print Preview Send us feedback Related Items Xenarthra order forest reserve offering protection more... Magazines Search the Encarta Magazine Center for magazine and news articles about this topic Further Reading Editors' Picks Sloth News Search MSNBC for news about Sloth Internet Search Search Encarta about Sloth Search MSN for Web sites about Sloth Also on Encarta Road trip reading Special: Never stop learning Democrats vs. Republicans: What's the difference? Also on MSN Outdoor BBQ: Everything you need Quest for Columbus on Discovery Channel Switch to MSN in 3 easy steps Our Partners Capella University: Online degrees LearnitToday: Computer courses CollegeBound Network: ReadySetGo Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions Encyclopedia Article from Encarta Advertisement Sloth Multimedia 1 item Sloth , common name for certain slow-moving arboreal mammals that inhabit the tropical forests of South and Central America. Sloths are divided into two groups: the three-toed sloths, among which is the ai, and the two-toed sloths, among which is the unau. Sloths are usually about 41 to 74 cm (16 to 29 in) long. The flat, short head has large eyes, a snub nose, and rudimentary ears. The entire body is covered with grayish-brown, short hair. The tail is small in three-toed sloths and absent or vestigal in two-toed sloths. An ancestral form, the giant ground sloth, which lived in the western hemisphere more than 10,000 years ago, reached the size of an elephant.

59. Anteaters, Sloths, Armadillos :: Saint Louis Zoo
    the Zoo. Home Animals About the Animals Mammals Anteaters, sloths, Armadillos. Anteaters, sloths, Armadillos. choose from the  
    http://www.stlzoo.org/animals/abouttheanimals/mammals/anteatersslothsarmadillos/
    
    Extractions: Site Map Search Contact Press Room Selected shortcuts for... - Zoo Visitors - Educators - Students - Members - Donors - Sponsors - Event Planners - Prospective Staff - Professional Peers - Media - Regional Community - Mission - History - Organization - Economic Impact ... Mammals Anteaters, Sloths, Armadillos choose from the links below for animals found at the Zoo: About This Site Accredited

60. Sloths Password Manager Download And Review - Secure Password Manager From SnapF
    Download sloths Password Manager secure password manager reviewed and rated at SnapFiles. sloths Password Manager - secure password manager.  
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    Extractions: Sloth`s Password Manager is an easy to use tool for secure password storage and management. It allows you to organize your passwords and login information in custom categories and protects them with the with strong Blowfish encryption. It includes a password generator and an option to expire entries as well as room for personal notes. Additional features include automatic backup, printing and export to HTML, text and Excel. .

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