October 20 is International Sloth Day, a day to honor the adorable slow-moving, tree-dwelling, and leaf-eating mammals.
According to timeanddate.com These extremely slow-moving animals, whose name is synonymous with one of seven deadly sins in Christian philosophy, tend to spend their entire lives hanging from limbs of trees.
They have two layers of fur, which harbors a variety of symbiotic algae, fungi, beetles and other insects. The algae on the sloth’s fur give it it’s characteristic green color and helps the sloth camouflage itself in thick vegetation. Recent studies have shown that the algae and fungi in the sloth fur may help fight many human diseases, including cancer.
Walter’s World of Pets is located at 3020 34th Street and they have a host of unique animals like Wookie the Sloth that they brought on the show. They are open seven days a week because as Ryan Blakely said, “the animals don’t take a day off from eating.”
You can give them a call at 806-741-0123 or find them online at www.waltersworld.net
