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- Herausgeber: Bellanova Books
- Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
- Serie: Animal Books for Kids
- Sprache: Englisch
Do your kids love sloths? In The Ultimate Sloth Book for Kids, non-fiction author Jenny Kellett gives you only the best sloth facts that kids aged 9+ will love.
With over 100 incredible facts, gorgeous hi-res photos, and a fun BONUS word search available in the print version, children will be completely immersed and fascinated by the exciting world of everyone’s favorite lazy tree-dweller in this interactive sloth book for kids.
Did you know…?
• Baby sloths learn which foods they should eat by licking their mother’s lips.
• Sloths are able to hold their breath for around 40 minutes so that they have enough time underwater to cross rivers or go to different islands.
• While most mammals’ muscle weight is around 40-45% of their body weight, for a sloth it is only 25-30%.
You’ll find these facts and many more in this illustrated book for kids. With 20+ stunning sloth photos, even early readers will enjoy The Ultimate Sloth Book for Kids— as well as adults!
Perfect for teaching children to read, while letting them learn about the fascinating world of sloths, it is ideal for long car journeys and bedtime reading. Scroll up and click Buy Now and help your child become a sloth expert in no time!
Das E-Book können Sie in Legimi-Apps oder einer beliebigen App lesen, die das folgende Format unterstützen:
Seitenzahl: 20
Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023
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The Ultimate
Sloth
Book for Kids
100+ Amazing Sloth
Facts, Photos & More
Jenny Kellett
Copyright © 2023 by Jenny Kellett
The Ultimate Sloth Book for Kids
www.bellanovabooks.com
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THE ULTIMATE SLOTH BOOK
Introduction
They’re famously lazy and undeniably cute, but how much do you really know about sloths? Did you know they carry an entire ecosystem around with them? What about the 6-metre tall extinct giant sloth?!
We’re going to learn more about these facts and many more. And don’t forget to test yourself in our sloth quiz at the end.
Are you ready? Let’s go!
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Sloths are part of a group of mammals called arboreal Neotropical xenarthranmammals. Arborealmeans that they live in trees, while Neotropicalis a biogeographic region that makes up most of Central and South America. Xenarthranis a group of animals only found in the Americas. Other xenarthrans include armadillos and anteaters.
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Sloths are famous for being really slow. They spend most of their lives just lounging around in trees.
Sloth Facts
Three-toed sloth.
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Sloths travel at a speed of around 0.24 km/h (0.15 mph) — making them the slowest animals on Earth.
A sloth hanging in a tree.
There are two families of sloths: Bradypus(three-toed sloths) and Choloepus(two-toed sloths).
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Although scientists originally thought all sloths were in the same family, they realized there were so many differences between two- and three-toed sloths that they split them into two families.
So let’s take a look at the differences between the two types.
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Three-toed Sloths
Scientific name: Bradypus
There are four subspecies of three-toed sloths: the brown-throated sloth, the maned sloth, the pale-throated sloth, and the pygmy three-toed sloth.
The easiest way to tell three-toed and two-toed sloths apart is by the number of digits on their hands and feet. Three-toed sloths have three fingers and toes on each hand and foot.
Three-toed sloths also have short tails, while two-toed sloths’ tails are even shorter and can barely be
