A picture from the Small Mammal House at the National Zoo. This is a two-toed sloth (according to the sign on the cage, anyway) that has wedged itelf into a box mounted near the ceiling to take a nap. Tbey had two sloths, actually-- the other had also stuffed itself into a box to sleep. I guess it's a sloth thing.
(Picture by Kate).
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Elder offspring (age 6.5): I can't wait for Friday! We get to do science in school!
Younger offspring (age 4.5): We do nature study every day.
This could be an opportunity to say something really smart and interesting, or it could be an excuse for silliness.
As many of our readers know, Benny and I love sloths. Recently a Zooillogix reader, Jennifer Lapsker, traveled to Costa Rica for a sloth-filled vacation.
Sloth-in-a-box! Possibly my favorite thing about the zoo trip. I laughed so hard that at first I wasn't sure I could take the picture, and then I realized they *weren't going anywhere*, and laughed some more.
Alas, it was far away behind glass in low light, so the picture's not that good, but: sloth-in-a-box!
Looking at this picture, there is no clue as to the orientation. I thought the box was on the floor.