2. ALL sloths have three toes on each foot.
There are two types of sloth – the two-toed sloth and the slightly smaller and slower three-toed sloth. However, all sloths have three toes. The difference is the two-toed sloth has two fingers on each hand.

3. Sloths love the water.
Instead of staying in the trees all the time, sloths also enjoy a dip and are excellent swimmers – they can hold their breath underwater for up to 40 minutes.

4. Sloths don’t stink.
Sloths don’t sweat and have no body odour, which helps them avoid predators.

5. Sloths are sleepy.
But not as much as we may think. While sloths in captivity can sleep for up to 20 hours a day, according to the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Germany, those in the wilds of Central and South America only need eight or nine hours a day – a bit like us.

6. Sloths hate The Eagles.
No, not the band The Eagles, but harpy eagles, one of their two predators in the animal kingdom, the other being the jaguar. Harpy eagles have such strong eyesight and such strong claws that they can spot a sloth in a tree, swoop in and take it from the branches, killing it instantly.

7. Sloths see the world differently.
Sloths spend almost all of their time in the trees of rainforests and almost always they hang upside down. According to a study carried out by Swansea University, they are able to do this because their internal organs are fixed to the rib cage to stop them weighing down on their lungs.

8. Sloths can hold it in.
Sloths only defecate once a week and it is the only reason they leave the trees for the ground. Well, have you ever tried doing a Number 2 in a tree? Sloths can lose up to a third of their body weight by going to the toilet.

9. Sloths are slow, but their insides are even slower.
If your sausage and bacon breakfast is taking a little longer than usual to move its way down your tummy, spare a thought for the poor sloth – it takes him 30 days to digest just one leaf.