“In terms of brain function, sloths may not be as slothful as was previously thought,” he says. Wild sloths might be wakeful because they need to find food or avoid predators, Rattenborg suggest ...

Wild brown-throated three-toed sloths (Bradypus variegatus; pictured) sleep for a mere nine to ten hours a day, much less than the 16 hours of shut-eye observed in captive sloths. Niels Rattenborg ...

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New research published in the journal The American Naturalist suggests that in this low-energy group, some sloths are more slothful than others—and one species has the lowest field metabolic ...

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Males do defend territories from rivals, but their slothful natures mean they aren’t much good at holding onto females. All sloths have a reputation for being lazy. This is sometimes exaggerated ...

The French have admitted they are "rude, stroppy, and slothful" in a new survey about what they think of their own behaviour. 26 July 2012 • 3:32pm French people boarding train at Bastille Metro ...