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This is the Conversation Forum for Challenge h2g2 << Challenge: The BBC Challenge: Australian Animals >> Subject: Challenge: Sloths Posted Jul 25, 2008 by Gnomon has the right to say: 'Thus far shalt thou go, and no further'   Posting 1 We've nothing on the guide on sloths. These interesting animals deserve their own Entry. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Challenge: Sloths Posted Jul 25, 2008 by Mu Beta This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 You'd think they could be bothered to write one themselves, wouldn't you? B Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Challenge: Sloths Posted Jul 27, 2008 by Skankyrich [?] This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Challenge: Sloths Posted Oct 17, 2011 by Willem This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 Hmmm ... I'll see, maybe I can do one, or several. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Challenge: Sloths Posted Oct 18, 2011 by Z This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 5 It would be lovely if you could Willem.. we need more entries on animals. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Challenge: Sloths Posted Oct 18, 2011 by Titania and Ripley the unau This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 6 Oooo... sloths - maybe with a nice illustration? Ripley, did you hear that? Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Challenge: Sloths Posted Oct 18, 2011 by Ripley the unau This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 7 *perks up his ears at the mention of sloths and looks around curiously* Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Challenge: Sloths Posted Oct 18, 2011 by Willem This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 8 How do we stand with illustration options at the moment? I would like to do several illustrations. There are modern tree sloths. Then there are the extinct ground sloths and they ranged from quite small to as large as an elephant. And then there were the marine sloths. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Challenge: Sloths Posted Oct 24, 2011 by Gnomon has the right to say: 'Thus far shalt thou go, and no further' This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 9 There are three-toed sloths and two-toed sloths, and they are totally separate species. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Challenge: Sloths Posted Oct 24, 2011 by Willem This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 10 Hi there Gnomon! Actually there are SIX extant sloth species. Two-toed sloths and three-toed sloths constitute different FAMILIES. The two-toed sloths (Linnaeus' two-toed sloth and Hoffmann's two-toed sloth) are the only two surviving species of the Megalonychidae family which used to include giant ground-living species in the past. The three-toed sloths are four surviving species, of the Bradypodidae family, which is not known to have had any giant members in the past. Then there are four or five known families of extinct ground sloths, all of which included very large members, of which one genus (Thallasocnus) was partly aquatic. Conversation list Conversation list

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