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The silky anteater, aka pygmy anteater, can be found in the southern portion of Mexico, Central America, and South America. They prefer tropical evergreen forests, semi-deciduous forests, and mangrove forest habitats. Even though these cute critters face the threats of habitat destruction and loss at the hands of the logging […]

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The Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth, aka southern two-toed sloth, Linné’s two-toed sloth, or Unau, can be found, with a little searching, in southern Central America on down into northern South America and even some parts of Peru and Brazil. These sloths are widely considered to be the slowest mammals in the […]

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The slowworm, aka blindworm, common slowworm, deaf adder, or long-cripple, is neither a worm, nor even a snake. They are a species of legless lizard. These little critters are found throughout Europe and into western and central Asia. These lizards prefer forest edges, grasslands, heathlands, shrublands, woodlands, and rural gardens. […]

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The Hoffmann’s 2-toed sloth is not exactly a study in speed. These slow and patient critters spend their entire lives in trees. 2-toed sloths have just that, 2 toes on their forefeet and are equipped with long, curved claws that are used to navigate the trees. They hail from prehistoric […]

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There, in the treetops, lives the world’s slowest mammal; the three-toed sloth. They spend nearly their entire lives in the trees, as their long claws make it difficult to walk on the ground. These critters are so slow that algae literally grows on their fur. Their fur coat is also […]

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