00:01For animals with sloth in their name, our brother and sister sloth bears are very active and they can be
00:07pretty quick.
00:11Not only are Sahasa and his sister Kayla not related to sloths, they are not slow moving creatures.
00:17They can move faster than a human.
00:19Sloth bears make their homes in tropical forests, savannas, scrublands and grasslands of India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan.
00:26One of the big threats sloth bears face is habitat loss.
00:35Because of their long claws and their habit of hanging out in trees, zoologists who discovered them thought they were
00:41related to tree sloths.
00:42Their claws are ideal for climbing.
00:45A sloth bear's claws can measure three inches in length.
00:48They help the bear rip into termite nests in soil, old logs or trees to get the insects which are
00:53our favorite food.
00:56Their long shaggy coat helps protect them from being bitten by their termite meal.
01:00That fur also helps when a female sloth bear has cubs.
01:03Unlike other bears, baby sloth bears ride on their mother's back for about the first nine months and use that
01:08fur to get a grip.
01:10Sloth bears also eat ants. Their nose is specially adapted for this diet.
01:14They can open and close their nostrils so that the ants don't crawl up their nose while they eat.
01:23Sloth bears are omnivores and will eat fruit, honey, flowers, sugar cane, grubs and even carrion.
01:31They have a gap in their mouth that makes it easy to suck up their meals.
01:35And forget table manners. Sloth bears are loud eaters making slurping, sucking sounds when they dine.
01:43To help keep the sloth bears busy, the keepers at the zoo give them enrichment and food puzzles to play
01:48with.
01:49Sahasa and Kayla make quick work of these. So much for being slow.
01:52Sahasa and Kayla make quick.
01:52Sahasa and Kayla make quick.
01:52Sahasa and Kayla make quick.
01:52You
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