For upside-down sloths, what goes down can’t come up

JUST HANG ON  A baby three-fingered sloth has to cling tight to mom. Baby sloths are born among the branches and can grip and clamber right away.

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A sloth can’t vomit. It has a one-way throat, handy for eating while dangling upside down by the toes. But the animal has to be careful not to poison itself by nibbling too many toxic leaves that it can’t easily purge.