Wet With The Animals: Why Sloths Must Swim For The Sake Of Their Health
In some of the opening scenes of the second series of the acclaimed nature documentary Planet Earth, David Attenborough unfolds fondly upon the relatively quick reaction of an island-dwelling pygmy three-toed sloth. Our humble sloth is hearing from someplace in the distance the enticing call of a prospective mate. Separated by deep water, the red-blooded sloth drops from his branch and…