Meet the Animal Named After an Insult: the Inimitable Sloth
A primer on a mammal that has survived for 40 million years
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7 min readApr 25, 2024
Has anyone ever called you a sloth?
Maybe your side of the dorm wasn’t as tidy as your college roommate’s because you were too busy mastering D&D. Ergo, your roommate teased you about being a sloth.