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Sloths have been taking a bum rap for the myth of their lazy persona of sleeping most the day, as scientists reveal that their slothfulness has been wildly exaggerated. Contrary to popular belief, the sleepy-eyed creature with seemingly laid back approach to life spends far less time asleep and inactive than had been claimed, sleeping 9.6 hours per day verses the 16 hours as previously claimed.
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Orphaned sloths are looked after in a nursery at the world’s only sloth rescue centre at Avarios in Costa Rica.

Come to be a byword for laziness, researchers now contend that the sloth has been unfairly smeared as a lazy creature making slow motion replays look like fast-forward.

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Orphaned sloths sometimes drop from the canopies they live in, lose their grip or simply fall.
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Baby sloths looked after at the privately-owned wildlife sanctuary
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At the nursery the baby sloths lie in cots and often hold on tight while they cuddle teddy bears.
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