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QUIZ | Are You a Sloth Expert?

The definitive quiz and trivia for sloth experts! This time, we have the three-fingered sloth edition to celebrate the Bradypus genus. Don’t be fooled by the first question—it’s just an easy one to get you warmed up!

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Tales From the Jungle Dr. Rebecca Cliffe • Founder and Executive Director Tales From the Jungle Dr. Rebecca Cliffe • Founder and Executive Director

July 2024 | Tales From The Jungle

Hello, dear Sloth Community! The peak of summer and the rainy season has brought us big thunderstorms, flooding, and the high season for tourism in Costa Rica. Despite these challenges, we have continued with our usual work of planting trees and installing canopy bridges, spaying and neutering rescued dogs, and monitoring our sloths for the Urban Sloth Project.

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Dr. Rebecca Cliffe received the Honorary Award of Doctor of Science from Swansea University.

On July 25, the founder and executive director of The Sloth Conservation Foundation, Dr. Rebecca Cliffe, was awarded the honorary title of ‘Doctor of Science’ by Swansea University in Wales, in recognition of her groundbreaking work in research and conservation.

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Sloth Research Amelia Symeou • Data Scientist | Urban Sloth Project Sloth Research Amelia Symeou • Data Scientist | Urban Sloth Project

GPS Collars and Accuracy to Study Sloths

Studying the GPS locations of an animal that doesn’t move much is challenging compared to studying species that travel a lot, such as whales and cheetahs. When studying sloths, accuracy is what we need to focus on.

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When SLOW meets FAST | Documentary

This short documentary, filmed and edited by Mira Meijer, follows Dr. Cliffe and The Sloth Conservation Foundation team on the journey to a healthy sloth population and peaceful coexistence with humans in the growing town of Puerto Viejo in Costa Rica.

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Osa Peninsula: One of the Best Places to See Wildlife… But Not Sloths

The Osa Peninsula, located in the South Pacific area of Costa Rica, is one of the most biodiverse hotspots on the planet, containing 2.5% of global terrestrial biodiversity in just 1,200 km²! On social media, you can see footage of tour guides constantly spotting tapirs, monkeys, and even jaguars.

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June 2024 | Tales From The Jungle

Sloths are slow and time is fast, and as we said goodbye to the sixth month of the year, we have amazing updates! This month, we welcomed a new SloCo team member: Deily Mora Aguilar, who will be our new Connected Gardens and Sloth Crossings manager.

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Would You Hug a Sloth? Take the Survey

Social media is filled with photos and videos of people holding sloths (or other wildlife), and we are investigating the reasons behind this behavior, as well as public perceptions and experiences regarding encounters with sloths.

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Eight species of wildlife caught on camera trap using a Sloth Crossing!

In our last update, we shared with you the amazing milestone of our bridge n°300. In case you missed it, you can read all the details in this blog! We’ve started studying the usage of the Sloth Crossings, so that other colleagues and organizations can see the effectiveness of these types of bridges and replicate this project in other parts of the world.

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You Call Me Slow (Sloth Song)

Ur-Song Music is proud to donate “You Call Me Slow (The Sloth Song)” to SloCo. It’s a lighthearted, Broadway-style ballad that invites listeners to slow down and enjoy grooving at the speed of sloth.

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Sloth Raising Two Babies?

Occasionally, sloths have been known to give birth to twins. Since there is only enough room on the female’s chest for one baby, and the sloth’s very slow metabolism only provides enough resources for one,  the weakest twin will usually be rejected and abandoned.

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Sloth Versus Slow Loris

The slow loris, or ‘loris perezoso’ in Spanish (literally ‘sloth loris’), is a fascinating creature. Despite living on the opposite side of the world from sloths, they share many similarities.

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