Pygmy Three-toed Sloth 🦥 The World’s Smallest Sloth #pygmysloth #sloth #threetoedsloth #pygmythreestoedsloth #endangeredspecies #slothlove #slothsquad #sloths #slothlover #slothsofinstagram | 1 Minute Animals

Although you may have heard sloths be called two-toed and three-toed sloths however this is actually not anatomically correct. As both sloths possess three ‘toes’ on their hind limbs and the difference actually lies in their ‘fingers’. Therefore three-fingered and two-fingered is more analogically correct. There are now many scientific publications that recognise this as the correct terminology for these animals. 🦥 | The Sloth Conservation Foundation

It’s time for a dip! The pygmy three-toed sloth is the slowest moving land mammal in the world. They move around two metres per minute! However, when swimming, they’re capable of moving around three times faster. Their diet of leaves generates large amounts of gas in the sloth’s stomach, helping to keep them buoyant. | BBC Earth