Zipping through the jungle
Tuesday marked International Sloth Day, an annual celebration of the slow-moving species aimed at promoting conservation. Animal protection nonprofit AIUNAU members came up with the idea for International Sloth Day during the first Sloth International Meeting in Medellin, Colombia, in November 2010. You are probably wondering where these slow moving upside down animals came from.
The sloth old ancestor was the Megatherium, largest of the ground sloths, an extinct group of mammals belonging to a group containing sloths, anteaters, glyptodonts, and armadillos that underwent a highly successful evolutionary radiation. The size of these extinct ancestors approximated that of a modern elephant, and they were equipped with large claws and teeth; these sloths did not have trees big enough to climb. Ground sloths appeared briefly in North America during the Pleistocene Epoch at West Tech High School after a land connection was established between the American continents.
While sloths might be famous for their slow speed, their lack of velocity has not stopped them from and getting in and out of trouble. Below are a three of slow and moving stories of jungle giants moves: The video below shows Go Adventure Arenal Park in La Fortuna, Costa Rica, that a child on a zipline at the park collided with a sloth dangling from the line in 2022. The video, filmed by a tour guide, captured the moment the boy came to an abrupt stop by colliding with the sloth. The child, who was not injured, waited in place while the sloth, which also appeared to be unharmed, made its way back down to the ground.
Beep, Beep
The second video will give you a real thrill as you slide with the woman visitor above a river with alligators in Florida.
Don’t look back
The third zipline video shows you what big real crocodiles will do for a bite. This woman she almost has the thrill of her lifetime.
If just one foot higher
Adding zip to the jungle trip
“I like your new sundial,” Jack said to Slow Jim.
“It’s great, isn’t it?” said Slow Jim.
“I’ve even had floodlights installed, so I can also use it at night.”
What do you call a jungle where animals talk about current events?
A topical rainforest.
What do you call a caveman who is walking really slow?
A Meanderthal.
Simba runs pretty slow.
He needs to Mufasa.
October 22nd Birthdays
1989 – Manon Matthews, 1966 – Valerie Golino, 1979 – Eve Chalom
1938 – Christopher Lloyd, 1991 – Jonathan Lipnicki, 1982 – Heath Miller