Think Like a Brown-throated sloth

Question 1 · multiple choice

Where would the tracks of a wild Brown-throated sloth most reasonably be found?

ponds, marshes, lakes, and nearby open air humid tropical forest canopy cliffs, coasts, open country, and tall city buildings rocky shores and coastal waters of the Galápagos Islands

Question 2 · multiple choice

Which feeding clue would most strongly suggest that a Brown-throated sloth had visited?

zooplankton and tiny drifting animals filtered from water dead plant material processed with cultivated fungus mainly leaves, with some fruit and flowers mainly fish captured cooperatively in shallow water

Question 3 · multiple choice

If people want to avoid disturbing a Brown-throated sloth, which activity pattern should they understand?

mostly forages at night mostly active at night feeds mainly in daylight by ambushing drifting prey rests many hours and moves at any time in short bouts

Question 4 · multiple choice

[Image needed: a clear, unlabeled side-view photograph of a Brown-throated sloth moving naturally in its wild habitat, with its whole body visible and no captions.] How does a Brown-throated sloth normally move when feeding or travelling?

hangs and climbs slowly with long curved claws walks on land and climbs trees but adults cannot swim walks and probes soil with a long flexible bill swims upright with a rapidly fluttering dorsal fin

Question 5 · multiple choice

Which explanation correctly links a Brown-throated sloth's body design to what it does?

powerful feet rake leaf litter while an elaborate tail supports courtship displays slow metabolism and low-energy muscles match a leaf-based diet large shoulder glands release potent defensive toxins a soft twisted abdomen fits inside empty snail shells

Question 6 · multiple choice

Which observation would fit a Brown-throated sloth raising or producing young?

two pea-sized eggs are raised by the female in a tiny flexible nest the female feeds unfertilised eggs to tadpoles placed in tiny pools one young clings to the mother and learns her feeding routes lays a small number of large eggs that develop slowly

Question 7 · multiple choice

A camera records several Brown-throated sloths. Which group behaviour would be believable?

often gathers where organic-rich sediment is available colonies huddle and rotate positions during severe winter weather mostly solitary and communicates with colour and posture mostly solitary but may share crowded feeding trees

Question 8 · multiple choice

How does a Brown-throated sloth contribute to the wider community of living things?

supports algae and moth communities in its fur and recycles canopy nutrients moves plankton energy to large marine predators and supports cleaning communities decomposes wood and builds nutrient-rich soil patches moves fish nutrients into nesting colonies

Question 9 · multiple choice

Which defence description belongs in a safety guide about a Brown-throated sloth?

escapes through agile flight and nymphs use a sudden jet of water freezes, blends with foliage, and uses claws if seized uses altitude, speed, talons, and alarm calls dives, clings to rocks, and uses spines and teeth when cornered

Question 10 · true false

True or False: A brown-throated sloth has no teeth and grinds swallowed insects with muscular stomach action.

True False