A pygmy three-toed sloth paddles off Panama’s Isla Escudo de Veraguas.

They do almost everything else in slow motion, but Panama’s pygmy sloths are surprisingly proficient swimmers—and they find relative safety in the sea.

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Keeping Pygmy Sloths Afloat

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