The student's presentation is about sloths and focuses on describing their physical characteristics, habitat, diet, and adaptations for living in the rainforest. It notes that sloths are herbivorous mammals that live in the trees of Central and South America's tropical rainforests. They spend nearly all their time in trees, where they eat leaves and fruit, sleep for 15-20 hours per day, and carry their young. Sloths have developed slow movements and camouflaging algae on their fur to avoid predators. Their arboreal lifestyle and sharp claws help them grip trees well.

1. My Rainforest Animal Presentation By: Student

2. What Animal Did I Choose? Out of all the living things in the rainforest , I have chosen one animal: The Sloth

4. Where do sloths live?

5. What do sloths eat?

9. Sloths have sad-looking eyes.

10. Sloths have tiny ears.

11. Sloths have stubby tails.

12. Sloths have long arms and shaggy fur. They kind of look like a monkey. They are closely related to armadillos and ant eaters.

14. Two -toed Sloths Two-toed sloths tend to be slightly bigger than their cousins the three-toed sloth. They like to spend their time hanging upside down in trees.

15. Where Does the Sloth Live ? Sloths live in the tropical rainforests of Central and South America.

17. They spend nearly all of their time up in the air, hanging from branches with a powerful grip aided by their long claws.

18. Mommy sloths carry their babies with them in the trees for the first 9 months.

20. An herbivore is an animal that only eats plants. They do not eat the meat from other animals.

21. They eat plant leaves, young trees, and fruit.

23. Sloths have algae that grows on their fur which is like camouflage and lets them blend in with the green leaves.

24. While they are very clumsy on land, sloths are excellent swimmers. They often fall straight from the tree into the water to avoid having to crawl on land.

26. Fast Facts There are 5 subspecies of sloths. The main 2 types are the three-toed sloth and the two-toed sloth. Sloths are mammals. Sloths are herbivores. Sloths live almost their entire lives in trees. They resemble a monkey with their long arms and fur. Sloths are clumsy on land but are excellent swimmers. They are constantly in slow motion to help ward off predators.

27. References http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/ http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/sloths/