Real Science

The Animal Who Refuses to Be Studied

Get 50% off of Nebula for just $30/year, or $2.50/month, at https://go.nebula.tv/realscience Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/realscience-sloths-tracking-the-untrackable Instagram: (https://www.instagram.com/stephaniesammann) Patreon: (https://www.patreon.com/realscience) Videography: Stephanie Sammann + CJ Caughey Editing, Writing, Narration: Stephanie Sammann Images Courtesy of Getty Images Thanks to Dr. Becky Cliffe from the Sloth Conservation Foundation and her amazing team, Amelia Symeou, Tamara Avila, Dayber Barker Leon, and everyone else who made this possible. https://www.slothconservation.org/ Thanks to Judy Avey-Arroyo from the Sloth Sanctuary and the amazing staff there. https://www.slothsanctuary.com/ Thanks to Dr. Mike Butcher and his incredible team https://ysu.edu/people/michael-butcher And here is the paper that Dr. Butcher and his team were collecting research for while we were there. So cool to have seen the process and then the final paper. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/389549448_Three-Dimensional_Limb_Kinematics_in_Brown-Throated_Three-Toed_Sloths_Bradypus_variegatus_During_Suspensory_Quadrupedal_Locomotion And be sure to watch the full-length Insane Biology of Sloths video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTRUqdH8IqQ