Besides being utterly adorable, have you ever wondered why sloths scratch so much?!? Scratching is how sloths groom themselves. Based on the shape of their fingers, this is basically the only way they can touch themselves. They don’t lick themselves the way you may see house cats lick, so it’s pretty much just scratching. Not only does it help them get those itchies but it can also help remove dirt, unwanted bugs and air out their skin. One way we know a sloth is happy and relaxed is when they a

Just “hanging” out with Sonny the sloth! Sonny is one of our two-toed sloths, and he knows that breakfast is the most important meal of the day! We prepare all of our animal diets fresh daily from food that is delivered from our Animal Nutrition Department. Sloths mainly eat items from the trees they live in, so we offer him mostly fruits and veggies, but today he is snacking on scrambled eggs for extra protein. You can see a sloth during select times at the Animal Encounters Village at the Colu