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THE WORLD OF ANIMAL LIFE 



very far from being " slothful ". Hanging beneath the branches by- 

 its great curved claws, it travels along quite easily, and with some 

 speed, insomuch that a famous traveller tells us that, when he 

 found a sloth upon the ground and replaced it in a tree, it was 



Sloth 



" speedily lost to sight ". The animal always prefers to travel 

 when the wind is high, for then the branches are blown together, 

 so that it can pass from tree to tree without difficulty. 



The sloth is also remarkable for the structure of its teeth. 

 It has no incisors, or " cutting teeth ", neither does it possess the 

 cajiincs, or " eye-teeth ", which in most mammals are so sharp and 

 strong. Even the molars, or " grinding teeth ", are small, and they 



