The Tropical World Aspects of man and nature in the equatorial regions of the globe.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
THE SLOTH.
Miserable Aspect of the Sloth--His Beautiful Organisation for his Peculiar Mode of Life--His Rapid Movements in the Trees--His Means of Defence--His Tenacity of Life--Fable about the Sloth refuted--The Ai--The Unau--The Mylodon Robustus 477