This clever pup has been taught to sniff out sloth poop to help us carry out the first ever sloth population census! 🥳 We all know that sloths are nutritiously hard to see in the wild because of their incredible camouflage. How as well of eyes in the trees (with our thermal imaging drone) and eyes on the ground (us), we now also have a nose on the ground!! 🐕‍🦺 You can learn more about the project and how to support it by clicking the link in our bio! Thank you to our sponsors @instinctpetfood

4.2K views · 669 reactions | Sloths' fur is so so different to any other mammals. Sloth fur is very important to their thermoregulation. It has two distinct layers that is specially adapted to allow the sloth to be a miniature, mobile ecosystem. | The Sloth Conservation Foundation | Facebook

#FridayFacts These moths as well as many of the algae and fungi species found in sloth fur are not found anywhere else on the planet. They only live in sloth fur!So far five different species of moths are known as sloth moths (Pyralidae). No one knows for sure what benefit the moths provide for sloths, but the sloths do not seem to mind them. The moths might eat the algae and fungi from the sloth’s fur (although this is not known for certain), and they lay their eggs in the sloth’s faeces. | The