Why are sloths so slow?
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Sources
- Bryner, Jeanna. "Sloths are Not Total Sloths." LiveScience. May 13, 2008. (Sept. 30, 2008)http://www.livescience.com/animals/080513-sleeping-sloth.html
- Cohn, Jeffrey. "Life in the Slow Lane." Americas. August 2008.
- Lowman, Margaret; Burgess, Edward; Burgess, James; and Prance, Ghillean T. "It's a Jungle Up There." Yale University Press. 2006. (Oct. 1, 2008)http://books.google.com/books?id=82TPmVL6IbMC
- Reebs, Stephan. "Not So Slothful." Natural History. September 2008. (Sept. 29, 2008)http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/0908/0908_samplings.html
- Stewart, Melissa. "At the Zoo: Slow and Steady Sloths." Smithsonian National Zoological Park. Zoogoer. November/December 2004. (Sept. 30, 2008)http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Publications/ZooGoer/2004/6/sloths.cfm
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