Assertion: sloth's algae | /r/AtLocation | their fur
Facets:
value: often
type: OTHER
value: for nutrients
type: PURPOSE
value: slow
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: ALGAE OFTEN GROWS ON THEIR FUR.
text: Due to the moisture in the air and the sloths very slow movements, algae is actually able to grow on its fur.
text: Sloths move so slowly that algae (plant-like organisms) grow in their fur!
text: They’ll even eat the algae that grows in their own fur.
text: In fact, a sloth's slow lifestyle allows algae to grow in its fur, causing it to develop a green tint.
text: A green hue may be present from algae growing in the fur.
text: According to National geographic, sloths are slower than even the algae that grows on their furs.
text: Because three-toed sloths are so slow, algae develops on their fur and gives it a green tone.
text: ALGAE OFTEN GROWS ON THEIR FUR.
text: Algae Grows on Their Fur
text: Algae Grows on Their Fur.
text: In addition to the algae that grows on their fur, sloths play host to a number of insects and other small creatures.
text: In addition to the algae that grows on their fur, sloths play host to a number of insects and other small creatures.
text: Sloths possess a symbiotic relationship with the algae that grows on their fur.
text: Sloths possess a symbiotic relationship with the algae that grows on their fur.
text: Algae grow on their fur, which camouflages them green.
text: Sloths are an ecosystem in and of themselves, and they have a mutually beneficial relationship with moths, according to research published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Sloths allow algae to grow on their fur, which acts as camouflage for life among the green leaves of the jungle canopy and also as an extra source of nutrition.
text: Algae even grows on their fur!
text: Algae grow on their fur, which camouflages them green.
text: The normal colour of a Hoffmann’s two-toed sloth is shaggy and brown, but they are so slow that algae grows on their fur.
text: Algae grow on their fur which makes it green.
text: So slow, in fact, that in the humidity of their native climate an algae actually grows on their fur.
text: Algae growing on their fur can make them appear green.
text: Because sloths are so inactive, green algae grows on their fur, helping to camouflage them in the Central and South American rainforests they call home.
text: Sloths are the slowest mammals in the world, so slow that algae grows on their fur that moths and other insects live off of.
text: Because they move so slowly, algae actually grows on their fur, making them smell like trees, thus protecting them further.
text: This quiz will ask you several questions about sloths, including what they eat, how many stomach parts they have, and why algae grows on their fur.
text: The algae growing on their fur gives them a greenish hue, allowing them to blend in with their surroundings.
text: In addition, when they cannot find food, they have been known to eat the algae that grow on their fur for nutrients.
text: The algae growing on its fur gives it a green color that acts like camouflage.
text: Did you know: The sloth is so slow that algae grows on its fur, which helps it stay camouflaged and hidden from predators in the trees (this algae also offers a tiny ecosystem for sloth moths, who lay their eggs in the sloth’s fur and use the algae as a food source).
text: They are folivores that also have a symbiotic algae growing in their fur that provides nutrition for them, as well as helps them camouflage.
text: Sloths move so slowly that algae is able to grow in their fur.
text: They can eat the algae that grows in their own fur and have long claws that can help them with that.