. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. EXPERIENCES WITH SLOTHS 177 paddled fifteen miles and back. We followed the shores, going and coming, and secured eight specimens of the Three- Toed Sloth,^ the one with a brown saddle-mark of short hair in the middle of its back. We found them in the tops of low trees at the water's edge, spread-eagled on the outer branches, or hanging upside. Sanborn, Photo., N. Y. Zoological Park. TWO-TOED SLOTH. down, but always eating leaves. They did not know what it was to " tak
. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. EXPERIENCES WITH SLOTHS 177 paddled fifteen miles and back. We followed the shores, going and coming, and secured eight specimens of the Three- Toed Sloth,^ the one with a brown saddle-mark of short hair in the middle of its back. We found them in the tops of low trees at the water's edge, spread-eagled on the outer branches, or hanging upside. Sanborn, Photo., N. Y. Zoological Park. TWO-TOED SLOTH. down, but always eating leaves. They did not know what it was to " take alarm," and try to escape. Judging by the awful deliberation of those that we saw in motion, I estimated that a really swift sloth could travel half a mile in twenty-four hours, if not side-tracked. ^ Brad'y-piis tri-dac' Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hornaday, William Temple, 1854-1937. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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