A sloth is an animal from Central and South America. Sloths live in trees and move very slowly. Nocturnal, solitary, tree-dwelling mammal (family Bradypodidae), found in South and Central America. About 2 ft (60 cm) long, sloths have a tiny tail, peglike teeth, long curved claws, and long forelimbs. A green alga grows in the shaggy fur. The four species of three-toed sloths, or ais (Bradypus), eat only leaves of the trumpet tree. The two species of two-toed sloths, or unaus (Choloepus), have two toes on the forelimbs; they eat fruits, stems, and leaves of various plants. Sloths cannot walk. They cling upright to trunks, hang upside down (in which position they sleep some 15 hours a day), or move, extremely slowly (hence their name), by pulling hand over hand. Their natural camouflage is their chief protection from predators
apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)
apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins) any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits a disinclination to work or exert yourself