Apparently it’s not very good.
Outside of a handful of indigenous South American tribes, there isn’t much of a tradition of eating sloth meat. Researchers who work in Amazonia and have sampled the dish report that it’s slimy, chewy and gamey, and most feel that one serving is enough for a lifetime.
From the same woman who brought us Meet the Sloths, here’s some footage of Aviarios Del Caribe sloth sanctuary in Costa Rica.
The incomparable David Attenborough investigates sloths’ curious eating (and pooping) habits.
How do you cure mange in a tiny baby sloth? Apparently by putting it in pajamas.
A sloth visited NBC’s Today Show this week and Kathy Lee Gifford used it as an excuse to tell everyone about her peculiar bowels.
Yawning baby sloth is late for his 10am nap.
‘Meet the Sloths’ is possibly the highest production value video about sloths on the internet. It’s now a full-length documentary airing as part of the Too Cute! series on Animal Planet (Saturdays at 9pm EST in the US)!
A sloth named Taz won’t stop scratching her sloth bottom.