If You Liked the Sloths…
3 November 2007
…just wait until you get a load of the tamanduas.
Xenarthrans are almost as cool as cephalopods.
And, just in case you were wondering, here’s a video that asks the burning question: is it pronounced slowth or slawth?
Entry Filed under: NaBloPoMo, Nature. Tags: anteaters, sloths, tamanduas, xenarthrans.
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Lise | 5 November 2007 at 18:47
Hi. Found you from the Science Bloggers group at NaBloPoMo.
I agree that they’re cool (and cute!) but they don’t lay a finger on the ‘pods!
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mars | 6 November 2007 at 13:03
buh. I am right there with you, sister. they win the awesome prize for land mammals… though Fruit bats might be a close second.
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mars | 6 November 2007 at 13:14
Oh PS again. Pangolins might come in third….
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AmyP | 6 November 2007 at 13:58
Don’t forget otters and raccoons.