Mo' grapes, Mo cuteness

Mo the Sloth is going to be 10 years old on April 1. Stop on over at the Organization For Bat Conservation (The Bat Zone) to say hi. And bring some grapes.

The Sloffice

Best reader comment ever: "Just another episode of The Sloffice."

Sloth, sloth baby

Rosamond Gifford Zoo in New York welcomes a new addition to its family: Ruth, a six-week-old two-toed sloth. Proceed at your own risk because the intense cuteness will burn your eyes.

Also, Zooborns has so many adorable baby monkeys and other primates.

Sloth!

I saw a sloth today! A real sloth! Also bats. I took my son to the Cranbrook Institute of Science for the Great Lakes Bat Festival, which means he also saw a sloth and also bats. His Aunt Laura accompanied us. Since my son is one year old, this would be the first ever sloth he's ever seen and the first bats. The sloth was very active when we were there, crawling along the ceiling of his cage with his huge gnarly toenails. Then he got a strip of yellow squash out of a basket and hung there looking at us and eating it. A woman who worked there told me that since his digestion is so slow they carefully monitor his diet and weigh what he eats so he doesn't eat too much (I think). She also told me he's litter box trained and pointed to a litter box in the corner of his cage. He only goes every three days, she said, and she's been told it's very stinky but she's never witnessed it herself. I am not sad that I, too, did not get to witness this. I am not sure why there is a sloth housed in Cranbrook's Bat Zone, but it certainly was an amazing thing to see. The Bat Zone as a whole smells very strongly of pee. Just a heads-up.

If you're into bats, definitely check out the Organization for Bat Conservation.

Sloth t-shirt!

From Shirt.Woot today.

Sloth orphans!

From the video description: "Filmed at the Aviaros del Caribe sloth sanctuary in Costa Rica - the world's only sloth orphanage. Baby 2 and 3 toed sloths, whose mothers have either been run over or zapped by power lines, are brought to the sanctuary."

Meet the sloths from Amphibian Avenger on Vimeo.

Slowly, Slowly Said the Sloth [around your neck]

This is one of the cutest necklaces I have ever seen. Nothing like a sloth around your neck to remind you to take it easy. And mind the claws.

Knowing [about sloths] is half the battle

Did you know that sloths love grapes? Are covered in algae? There's only one three-toed sloth in a U.S. zoo? They only poo once a week?

These facts and more await you at Boing Boing's "Four fun facts about sloths."

And don't neglect to read the comments section. Unlike most places on the Internet, Boing Boing readers actually make comments worth reading. In fact, there's even a near Poetry and Monkey Convergence when one reader posts lyrics to a song about a sloth.

Best of all, one of them pointed me to this awesome Saturday Night Live sloth skit.