Sloth!

[davidedric]

The animal, not the deadly sin!"

Three toed sloth (count them!). Very lucky to find one in the open. They eat leaves, and come down to the ground once a week to poop

Dave

[Mike Buckley]

Very nice composition, light and detail, Dave.

[Dave Humphries]

They eat leaves, and come down to the ground once a week to poop

That title is not as catchy as the first book in the series Dave

But I think it could be shortened "Eats Leaves and p...s"

[Shadowman]

Nicely done.

[NorthernFocus]

I was relieved to find when the page opened there was not a photo of me

Nicely done. The creature looks quite pleased with itself.

[Wavelength]

Very nice; poop only once in a weak; how much time they could save!!!

[JohnRostron]

Nce pic. As you say, it is nce to see a sloth in the open. There can't be many free-range sloths in Cheshire. I take it this was in a zoo (Chester?).

BTW, all sloths have three toes. The three-toed sloth has three 'fingers' as we can see in your pic.

John

[Mike Buckley]

BTW, all sloths have three toes.

The following is from National Geographic's website for kids (a website that is a particularly good fit with my mental capabilities ):

"There are two main species of sloth, identified by whether they have two or three claws on their front feet. The two species are quite similar in appearance, with roundish heads, sad-looking eyes, tiny ears, and stubby tails. Two-toed sloths are slightly bigger and tend to spend more time hanging upside-down than their three-toed cousins, who will often sit upright in the fork of a tree branch. Three-toed sloths have facial coloring that makes them look like they're always smiling. They also have two extra neck vertebrae that allow them to turn their heads almost all the way around! "

Excerpted from http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/sloth

[bnnrcn]

What a pose, I love it

[JohnRostron]

The following is from National Geographic's website for kids (a website that is a particularly good fit with my mental capabilities ):

Or for a more technical explanation see this at livescience.com/

John

[Dave A]

That face.....reminds me of someone I knew once.

Dave

[davidedric]

Thanks for the feedback. Not in a zoo, in Costa Rica shot from a boat.

Dave

[IzzieK]

That face.....reminds me of someone I knew once.

Dave

I hope it is not me...I am on Google + too I have to update that one...my face looks old...