My Sloth Adventure Lapbook

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My Sloth Adventure

Lapbook Adventure

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All About Sloths

• Sloths are arboreal mammals

• Arboreal mammals are known

for living their entire lives in

trees and not needing to be on

the ground.

• Sloths are located primarily in

the tropical rainforests of South

America and Central America

• The sloth is named for it’s slow

metabolism and slow

movements

• Moving slow supports their diet

of leaves, which are low energy

• Sloths may not move well on

the ground, but they are good

swimmers

• Sloths sleep about 10 hours a

day, usually during daylight

because they are nocturnal

animals.

• There are 6 species in 2

families – two toed sloths and

three toes sloths

• All sloths have three toes on

their rear limbs, two toed sloths

have 2 toes on their front limbs

• Sloths have 4 inch claws to hold

onto branches

• Green algae grows on the

sloth’s fur, which provides

camouflage and nutrients for

the sloth.

• Sloths only go to the bathroom

once a week, and always in the

same place which makes them

vulnerable to predators

• Sloths are solitary animals who

gather only to mate.

• A female sloth is pregnant from

7-10 months and will give birth

to 1 baby

• Sloths can live approximately

40 years

Cut out booklet and staple together. Use the information to answer the

questions below.

What type of mammal is a Sloth?

Where do Sloths live?

What is the sloth

named for?

What grows on the Sloth’s fur?

How does it help the Sloths?

Sloths are clumsy on the ground but

they are good…….

How long do sloths sleep in

daylight?

Why?

How many species of Sloths

are there?

How many families of Sloths

are there?

How long do Sloths live?

My Sloth Adventure

Lapbook

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