Scientific Name: Folivora. Common Name: Sloth
Order: Pilosa; Class: Mammalia; Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata
You’re looking for a micro hidden along the Manhan Rail Trail. Be careful of thorns! I'll keep an eye on the GZ as the foliage kicks in.
BYOP, watch out for muggles and CITO.
For more information about the Manhan you can visit: Friends of the Manhan Rail Trail
Congratulations to TinySuperman for the FTF!
From an article by Becky Cliffe of Swansea University:
“Conventional wisdom has it that sloths are simple, lazy creatures that do very little other than sleep all day. Even the very name “sloth” in most languages translates as some version of “lazy”.
With their plethora of energy-saving adaptations, sloths physically don’t have the ability to move very fast; their survival is entirely dependent upon camouflage. Sloths’ main predators, big cats like jaguars, ocelots and birds such as harpy eagles, all primarily detect their prey visually, and it is likely that sloths simply move at a pace that doesn’t get them noticed.
The sloth life is as strategic as that of any other animal. They are energy-saving mammals taking life at a slow pace to avoid the rush and tumble for food, while subscribing the movement patterns that help them avoid being identified as prey. There must be a lesson somewhere in that for all of us.”