Sloths may be hosting entire ecosystems in their thick, dense fur, and algae growth on sloths can grow so great that it tinges their fur green. The video.

Sloths move so slowly that ALGAE grows on their fur - and it can be used as camouflage and food. Sloths move two metres per minute and sleep for up to 20 hours in trees ...

Sloths have a reputation for laziness, but these easy-going mammals could be the world's best recyclers, suggests a new study that finds the poop of three-toed sloths attracts moths that colonize ...

Sloths have one of the slowest metabolisms in the animal kingdom – and it shows. In this episode, we explain how their incredibly slow movement allows algae to grow on their fur, creating a ...

Sloths may be slow animals, but they surely make their way throughout Costa Rica. Their leisurely ways seem quite suited to the pura vida here, and no doubt gave rise to their name in Spanish: oso ...

Sloths may be slow animals, but they surely make their way throughout Costa Rica. Their leisurely ways seem quite suited to the pura vida here, and no doubt gave rise to their name in Spanish: oso ...

Or, the moths may be directly transferring nutrients from the sloth dung to their fur, where algae can grow. The sloths consume the algae, which is rich in fatty compounds and gives them energy.

Sloths have an unusual symbiotic relationship with moths and algae: When sloths descend their trees to defecate, moths colonize their fur and fuel algal growth to supplement the sloths' diet.

The sloths consume the algae, which is rich in fatty compounds and gives them energy. "Important interspecific interactions — between sloths, their moths and algae -— seem to be reinforcing, ...