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A brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus) in Darién Province, Panama
by Robin Gwen Agarwal
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A brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus) in Darién Province, Panama
by Robin Gwen Agarwal
Pygmy Three-Toed Sloth, photographed by Emilio Pazmiño, (source)
Sloth Art
It took me 55 minutes from start to finish to make this art!
Three-toed Sloth
Three-Toed Sloth (Bradypus) & Aye-Aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis), Dictionnaire Universel D'histoire Naturelle (1892) - Charles Dessalines D’Orbigny
Brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus)
Photo by Hennie van Heerden
BRADYPUS CONFIDIMUS - Personal Work
I originally drew the sainted sloth way back in university, many moons ago. It's an image I've always wanted to redraw and eventually get tattooed on my body because that's the kind of idiot I am.
The original version of this drawing was the... incident that spawned the religion I accidentally founded, as I and a group of poly-lingual, poly-religious friends tried to translate not just the phrase, but the concept of the Sloth Saint into as many different languages and cultures/religions as we could.
(A note: I asked my latin speaking friends their opinions on how I should translate 'In Sloth We Trust' into Latin, and there arose a discussion of whether Bradypus should be declined, and if so how, but in the end I decided the sound/feel of the rhyme and the recognition of the word Bradypus were more important to the image than the correct translation. I'm sorry everyone who is now disappointed.)
Happy International Sloth Day, world! It helps that the sloth’s top land speed is roughly 13 feet per minute, because I sure do want to squidge them ‘til they squeal. [Imagine meeting an extinct megasloth the size of an elephant.] [And don’t be fooled by the “two-toed” sloth distinction - in fact, all sloths have three toes on their feet; the two-toed sloths have two digits on their hands, as opposed to the three-toed sloths, who have three.] [Sharp sharp sharp digits.] [Good for swimming, evidently.]
Stamp details: Top left: Issued on: April 7, 2000 From: Luanda, Angola MC #BL78
Top right: Issued on: February 12, 1960 From: Bogotá, Colombia MC #901
Bottom left: Issued on: November 16, 1990 From: Georgetown, Guyana MC #3410
Bottom right: Issued on: March 4, 2014 From: Budapest, Hungary MC #5675