Nature Notebook
- Eileen Carlson
- Mar 6
- 1 min read
This week we present animal trivia that you can use to amaze your friends.
Sloths move so slowly (in a tree it only moves nine feet in one minute) that it needs good defensive camouflage. It has green fur that allows it to blend with the tree leaves. The hair is not actually green. The algae that live in the grooves on the hairs give the sloth its green color.