Q 01/05

What do two-toed and three-toed sloths have the same number of?

A) Hind toes

B) Front toes

C) Neck bones

D) Living species

Answer · why

A) Hind toes

Hind toes: every sloth has three on each back foot, and the names count only the front limbs, where two-toed sloths have two digits, which is why some...

Q 02/05

In what geographical region are sloths primarily found?

A) Central and Western African rainforests

B) Southeast Asian jungles

C) Central and South American rainforests

D) Australian outback

Answer · why

C) Central and South American rainforests

Central and South American rainforests are the only home of living sloths: their metabolism is so slow that they cannot keep warm outside the tropics.

Q 03/05

Sloths are slow in the trees, but what are they surprisingly good at?

A) Swimming

B) Leaping

C) Gliding

D) Running

Answer · why

A) Swimming

Swimming: a sloth will sometimes drop from its branch straight into a river and pull itself across with its long arms.

Q 04/05

Sloths eat, sleep and usually even do what while hanging from a branch?

A) Give birth

B) Shed their claws

C) Hibernate

D) Build nests

Answer · why

A) Give birth

Give birth: a sloth mother usually delivers her single baby while hanging from a branch, and the newborn has to cling to her fur from its first moment...

Q 05/05

What does a sloth's very low metabolic rate lead to?

A) They must eat almost constantly

B) Food digestion takes an exceptionally long time

C) They run a very high body temperature

D) They rarely live past five years

Answer · why

B) Food digestion takes an exceptionally long time

Food digestion takes an exceptionally long time: no other mammal digests more slowly, and a sloth's stomach is kept constantly full of fermenting leav...