TWO-TOED SLOTHS

Discover the calm charm of Diamante’s sloths; the masters of slow living.

Text 'THE SLOTH' in yellow and green, with a sketchy, hand-drawn style. Slow, peaceful, and irresistibly charming; sloths are true icons of Costa Rica’s wildlife. At Diamante, you can watch these gentle creatures in their element, hanging effortlessly from the trees, moving in slow motion, and showing off their permanent smiles. Want to know what makes them so special? Check out these fun facts about our sleepy, tree-top friends!

SLOW AND STEADY

Stylized sloth hanging from a branch with yellow leaves.

Sloths move so slowly that green algae grows on their fur; a built-in camouflage that helps them blend perfectly with the trees!

HABITAT

Map highlighting Central and South America in green.

NATURE'S SMILE

Cartoon sloth with black fur and yellow face and claws, smiling. No matter what they’re doing, sloths always look like they’re smiling; one of the many reasons we love them.

LEAF LOVERS

Stylized black sloth with yellow face hangs on a branch with yellow leaves. Sloths feast on leaves, flowers, and fruit; a perfect rainforest salad every day.

COSTA RICA'S TREASURE

Cartoon sloth with a flag and a treasure chest. With their big smiles and super chill attitude, sloths are true Costa Rican treasures! They live life the “Pura Vida” way; slow, happy, and always in harmony with nature.

PREHISTORIC GIANTS

Silhouette of an elephant and a pangolin with height comparisons: elephant 350 cm, pangolin 60 cm. Long ago, giant ground sloths like Megatherium roamed the Earth. Some were as large as Asian elephants! These ancient sloths could grow up to 6 meters (20 feet) long, stand 3.5 meters (12 feet) tall, and weigh nearly 4.5 tonnes. Today’s sloths are their much smaller and much sleepier descendants.

NAP MASTERS

Silhouette of a sleeping sloth hanging on a branch with 'Z' symbols.

Sloths spend most of their day napping: up to 12 hours! You’ll often find them curled up comfortably among the branches.

SLOW MOTION DIGESTION

Yellow needle on a semi-circular gauge pointing to the left. It can take up to 30 days for a sloth to digest just one leaf ; talk about taking your time!

LIFE UPSIDE DOWN

Silhouette of a sloth hanging from a branch.

They eat, sleep, and even give birth while hanging from branches. For sloths, upside down is the right way up!

THE ULTIMATE GRIP

Cartoon sloth hanging with yellow claws on a branch, smiling. With long, curved claws that act like built-in hooks, sloths can hang from branches all day; even while sleeping! Two-toed sloths have two claws on each front paw, while three-toed sloths have three, but both are experts at hanging out!

Text 'CAN YOU HEAR IT?' in green and yellow on a transparent background. You probably can’t! Sloths are some of the quietest animals in the rainforest. They barely make a sound; just a tiny squeak or soft hiss when they need to communicate. Most of the time, their silence helps them stay safe and hidden high up in the trees.

HANGING OUT AT DIAMANTE

Meet our laid-back sloths as they nap, snack, and hang from the trees. Every snapshot shows why they’re the true masters of chill!

Mia & Ziggy hanging
Mia and Diesel come from the Sloth Sanctuary, a sloth-focused rescue center located in Puerto Viejo, Limón. They got there because of different reasons. Mia was brought at a young age after being found looking alone in the river side (probably a victim of the heavy rains of that region); Diesel got there at about the same age as Mia as was brought in a dirty, dieselimpregnated sac, to the Sanctuary. He was weak and young and got to recover its energy, but as Mia, they were young and didn’t know how to survive on the environment, so they couldn’t be released. Lucy was found as an adult in an electrical wire close to houses. People called the authorities, who rescued her and took her to the Refugio Herpetológico, a rescue center in San José. They examined her and found old burnt scars on its hands and decided that releasing her in the same place was not a possibility because she will likely get electrocuted again and that was too high of a risk to take. Ziggy is daughter to Mia and Diesel. Lucy is the oldest of all the sloths.
Mia and Diesel come from the Sloth Sanctuary, a sloth-focused rescue center located in Puerto Viejo.