Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica
There is something noble about sloths: their patience, their calmness, or perhaps their sheer unassuming expression. Oblivious to the world around them, sloths mind their business and slowly eat their way through the lush green foliage of the tropical forest.
Naturalists have a special fondness toward sloths because finding one poses a real challenge, even to the most experienced and trained eye. Their camouflaged fur, and their virtual immobility conceal them from friends and foes alike, but once a sloth has been spotted, one can count on long and rewarding periods of observation, since it is not likely that the sloth will fly out of sight, or suddenly disappear through the vegetation.
Such was the case with this Hoffmann’s two-toed sloth that was quietly hanging in a tree, along the Rio Rincon. Zodiac cruisers, kayakers, and hikers from the Sea Voyager had an opportunity to admire this most charismatic creature of the Neotropical forest.
There is something noble about sloths: their patience, their calmness, or perhaps their sheer unassuming expression. Oblivious to the world around them, sloths mind their business and slowly eat their way through the lush green foliage of the tropical forest.
Naturalists have a special fondness toward sloths because finding one poses a real challenge, even to the most experienced and trained eye. Their camouflaged fur, and their virtual immobility conceal them from friends and foes alike, but once a sloth has been spotted, one can count on long and rewarding periods of observation, since it is not likely that the sloth will fly out of sight, or suddenly disappear through the vegetation.
Such was the case with this Hoffmann’s two-toed sloth that was quietly hanging in a tree, along the Rio Rincon. Zodiac cruisers, kayakers, and hikers from the Sea Voyager had an opportunity to admire this most charismatic creature of the Neotropical forest.
