Sloths may be hosting entire ecosystems in their thick, dense fur, and algae growth on sloths can grow so great that it tinges their fur green. The video.

Chiarello, however, says that in far more than 1,000 hours that he and his students have watched sloths in the wild, no one has seen sloths eating algae. “I don’t remember ever seeing a sloth ...

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The algae also provide the sloth with a mobile snack. Yes, sloths will eat the algae growing out of their fur. A fascinating, albeit unsavory, symbiotic relationship! 1.

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The algae give the sloths a greenish tinge, which acts as camouflage and helps them blend in with surrounding vegetation. Sloths spend most of their time hanging upside down from tree branches.

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Sloths also eat the green stuff as a sort of dietary supplement. Although researchers haven’t observed the behavior, Pauli’s team tested the contents of sloths’ stomachs and found algae.