# Sloths

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- Book: [Sloths!](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-hartston/sloths) ([Sloths!.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-hartston/sloths.md))
- Authors: [William Hartston](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-hartston)
- Publisher: atlantic_books
- ISBN: 978-17-8649-425-2
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2019-10-03
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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