Sloths Act Like Birds and Reptiles in This Bizarre Way - 1
Published 1 Oct 2018, 21:36 BST

A Hoffmann's two-toed sloth in Colombia.
Photograph by Cristian Castro Morales, National Geographic Your Shot
Manatees swimming off West Palm Beach, Florida.
Photograph by Sam Farkas, National Geographic Your Shot
An Aldabra giant tortoise, spotted at Curieuse Island in the Seychelles.
Photograph by Dominik Greenwood, National Geographic Your Shot
A Northern Pacific Seastar, pictured in Port Phillip, Australia.
Photograph by Alex Goad, National Geographic Your Shot
A Koala bear, photographed in Los Angeles, California.
Photograph by T. Dingle, National Geographic Your Shot
A banana slug, photographed at Pescadero, California.
Photograph by Megan Hawk, National Geographic Your Shot
A slow loris, in Perak, Malaysia.
Photograph by Omar Ariffin, National Geographic Your Shot
A seahorse.
Photograph by Davide Lopresti, National Geographic Your Shot
A wheel bug, found in Montgomery County, Maryland, USA.
Photograph by Eric Stavale, National Geographic Your Shot
Gila Monster (bottom) and bearded lizard (top), in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Photograph by David Yegerlehner, National Geographic Your Shot
A starfish photographed at Sipadan Island, Borneo.
Photograph by Diane Newton, National Geographic Your Shot
A starfish, off San Francisco, California.
Photograph by Thomas Morrow, National Geographic Your Shot
An American woodcock, photographed in Massachusetts, USA.
Photograph by Prajyot Bankade, National Geographic Your Shot
The original slow coach, the sloth.
Photograph by B. Mazur, National Geographic Your Shot
An Aldabra giant tortoise on Curieuse Island, Seychelles.
Photograph by Christophe Mason-parker, National Geographic Your Shot
A banana slug in Redwood National Park, California.
Photograph by Claire Coggins, National Geographic Your Shot
A koala in Newfield, Victoria, Australia.
Photograph by Marin Paunov, National Geographic Your Shot
A gila monster.
Photograph by Eirini Pajak, National Geographic Your Shot
A slow loris in Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand.
Photograph by T. Mcinnes, National Geographic Your Shot
A wheel bug in Somerville, Texas, USA.
Photograph by Stephanie Sword, National Geographic Your Shot
A tortoise, pictured in the Galapagos Islands.
Photograph by Mike Murphy, National Geographic Your Shot
A manatee calf, Crystal River, Florida, USA.
Photograph by Zachary Levitetz, National Geographic Your Shot
A pygmy seahorse.
Photograph by Swanson Chan, National Geographic Your Shot
The unmistakable koala.
Photograph by Katsuya Yanagi, National Geographic Your Shot
Banana slug. Patricks Point, California, United States
Photograph by Devin Hume, National Geographic Your Shot
A three-toed sloth, seen in Puntarenas, Costa Rica.
Photograph by Cheryl Arena Molennor, National Geographic Your Shot
The humble garden snail was never a speedster. Pictured here in Starčevica, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Hercegovina.
Photograph by Nino K., National Geographic Your Shot
A starfish, photographed in Hull, United Kingdom.
Photograph by Grace Priddy, National Geographic Your Shot
A sloth photographed at Puntarenas, Costa Rica.
Photograph by Bella Young, National Geographic Your Shot
Manatees in the Crystal River, Florida, USA.
Photograph by Ryan Nelson, National Geographic Your Shot
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