How Sloths Communicate
Baby sloths make squeaking noises and according to National Geographic, “In the wild baby sloths spend the first three to six months of their lives clinging to their mothers. If they are separated from their mothers, they make this noise so that mom can find them again.” How about some video (and audio) with sloth noises? 'A sloth just isn't a sloth,' said Jonathan Pauli, a wildlife ecologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who has studied sloths. 'Two-toed sloths and three-toed sloths are quite different.
SLOTH BEHAVIOR
Feeding Habits
Sloths are classified as folivores, as the bulk of their diets consist of buds, tender shoots, and leaves, mainly of Cecropia trees. Some two-toed sloths have been documented as eating insects, small reptiles, and birds as a small supplement to their diets.
Protection from Predators
The main predators of sloths are the jaguar, the harpy eagle, and humans. The majority of sloth deaths in Costa Rica are from sloths getting into electrical lines and from poachers.
Their claws serve as their only natural defense. A cornered sloth may swipe at its attackers in an effort to scare them away or wound them. Despite sloths’ apparent defenselessness, predators do not pose special problems: in the trees sloths have good camouflage and, moving only slowly, do not attract attention. Only during their infrequent visits to ground level do they become vulnerable.
Sleeping Habits
How Tall Are Sloths
Sloths were thought to be among the most somnolent animals, sleeping from 15 to 18 hours each day. Recently, however, Dr. Neil Rattenborg and his colleagues from the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Starnberg, Germany, published a study testing sloth sleep patterns in the wild; this is the first study of its kind. The study indicated that sloths sleep just under 10 hours a day.[12] Three-toed sloths are mostly diurnal, while two-toed sloths are nocturnal.
Sloths have very low metabolic rates (less than half of that expected for a mammal of their size), and maintain low body temperatures when active (30–34°C or 86–93°F), and still lower temperatures when resting
Communication
Sloths do communicate with others of it species. Sloths do make sounds. The babies make bleating type sounds if they become separated from their parent. Babies also make high-pitched squeaking sounds, which are thought to be a sign of distress.
How Sloths Communicate
No matter whether sloths have a wide and varied bank of sounds, they do have a means of communication and they use it.
How Do Sloths Communicate With Other Animals
Sloths communicate to other species using morse code.