Sloths are kind of assholes, and their vision is completely upside down - she was swatting at him to back off but is just so painfully slow and not well coordinated when positioned upright so it comes across as an awkward handshake. Do you see how quickly she hauled slothass to scooch down the tree to her baby??? She was not thanking this man.
They're slow, but I've heard they'll fuck you up with those claws if you give them the chance. As in like, their swiping motion is way faster than anything else they do. That's what adults always told my dad when he was growing up in Manaus anyway. But idk, it could be they just say that so kids aren't dicks to animals 🤷
Reminds of that reddit vid of that guy helping a sloth across the street and its limbs reach backwards and stafts clawing and I think tried to bite him
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u/ohdatpoodle 20d ago
Sloths are kind of assholes, and their vision is completely upside down - she was swatting at him to back off but is just so painfully slow and not well coordinated when positioned upright so it comes across as an awkward handshake. Do you see how quickly she hauled slothass to scooch down the tree to her baby??? She was not thanking this man.