![]() ![]() They live in the canopies of trees in the jungle on the Caribbean coast, where the climate is hot and humid.Īmerican Judy Avey runs a sanctuary in the balmy jungle to care for sloths injured after coming into contact with humans or other animals. ![]() The sloth is a national symbol in laid back Costa Rica, and a major tourist attraction for the Central American country.īoth the two-toed (Choloepus Hoffmanni) and three-toed (Bradypus variegatus) sloth species have seen their populations decline, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species. or inhibit other competitors" such as fungi, according to a study published in the journal Environmental Microbiology. ![]() They found the possible existence of antibiotic-producing bacteria that "makes it possible to control the proliferation of potentially pathogenic bacteria. "Obviously when there is co-existence of many types of organisms, there must also be systems that control them," he said.Ĭhavarria and a team took fur samples from Costa Rican two- and three-toed sloths to examine what that control system could be. ![]()
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