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sloth

[slawth, slohth] / slɔθ, sloʊθ /


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Two rare snow leopard cubs have been born at the park, alongside Himalayan monals and red deer, as well as Bru the capybara, Snoot the giant armadillo and Atty the sloth at Edinburgh Zoo.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

We have trained sloth and docility and are reaping what we have sown.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

There was also Drepanosaurus, a tree-dwelling reptile equipped with a large claw resembling that of a tree sloth, along with a smaller claw on its prehensile tail.

From Science Daily May 29, 2026

Sloth World is advertised as Orlando's only "slotharium," with a rainforest-inspired habitat "designed exclusively with sloth well-being in mind", according to its website.

From BBC Apr. 24, 2026

There was a knock on the door, followed almost immediately by Hannah and her sloth peeking through the opening.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

The California Department of Motor Vehicles, long synonymous with slow lines and bureaucracy — immortalized by the sloths of the Department of Mammal Vehicles in Disney’s “Zootopia” — is expanding its digital services.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Most of the remains belonged to rodents, but researchers also recovered fossils from sloths, birds, reptiles, and many other animals, representing more than 50 species.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

"The truth is, we lost sloths that had a virus of which showed barely any symptoms and was undetectable even after necropsy," Ben Agresta, the owner of Sloth World, told Fox-35 in Orlando.

From BBC Apr. 24, 2026

Tree sloths once lived in the Caribbean but disappeared after humans arrived.

From Science Daily Apr. 3, 2026

He collected fragments from a pig-size guinea pig, armor plates from a tanklike armadillo, more elephantine bones from elephantine sloths, and crated and shipped them to England.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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