Sloths : A Celebration of the World’s Most Misunderstood Mammal

Author: Hartston, William

Wildlife: mammals

Published on 3 October 2019 by ATLANTIC BOOKS in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 208 pages, 3x8pp colour plates
193 x 123 x 16 | 228g

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How old is the sloth? How do sloths have sex?How did a sloth save Dublin?The answers to these questions, and more, are found in this wonderfully entertaining celebration of the sloth. Walking readers through the sloth's evolutionary history - from the prehistoric ground sloth to modern pygmy - William Hartston reveals the sloth's fascinating journey from maligned mammal to cause célèbre. Playfully peppered with science and filled with factoids, Sloths is a love-letter to the most anachronistic, and just a little bit ridiculous, of animals.

'Riveting... Sloths is as comprehensive a look at the instincts, lifestyle and capacities of this curious creature as you are ever likely to need.' Daily Express