RIC-6946 The Comprehension Box 1 - Sample student cards

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The Earth’s slowest mammal
The sloth is the slowest mammal
on Earth. Even a snail or a tortoise
moves more than a sloth!
Sloths live in tropical rainforests in
South America. Some have three
toes and others have two toes. The
sloths with three toes move even
slower than those with two toes!
Sloths spend most of their time
hanging upside down from tree
branches. They use their strong claws to grip onto the branches. Sloths
eat, sleep and have babies hanging upside down!
They can sleep between 15 and 20 hours a day. Even when they are
awake, sloths hardly move. They eat mostly at night. Sloths are plant
eaters and enjoy leaves, juicy young shoots and fruit.
Sloths are about the size of a large cat. They have thick, brown fur with a
greenish covering over it. This is a plant called ‘algae’. It is useful to sloths.
The greenish colour of the algae helps them hide among the leaves.
Sloths also lick the algae off their fur for food.
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These animals seldom come down
to the ground. When they do, their
long claws make it hard to walk.
Their weak back legs mean they
can’t stand up straight. They drag
themselves along the ground using
their strong front legs and claws.
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The main enemies of sloths are
jaguars, eagles and large snakes.
Sloths are hard to find in the trees
because they hardly move and
have green algae on their fur.
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