# Meet the Sloths! WARNING! Cuteness inside!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-sloths-warning-cuteness-inside/539980>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 19, 2010, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-sloths-warning-cuteness-inside/539980 "2010-05-19T06:34:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-sloths-warning-cuteness-inside/539980/21 "2010-05-20T01:57:52Z")

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I had a nightmare last night that a sloth was chasing me across the kitchen trying to kill me. It was the scariest half hour of my life.

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-sloths-warning-cuteness-inside/539980/22 "2010-05-20T02:36:35Z")

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> [@Miss\_Woodhouse](#):
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> They take three days to fetch the ball.

OK. I laughed. Yes, out loud even.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-sloths-warning-cuteness-inside/539980/23 "2010-05-20T03:13:47Z")

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Awwwwww. Now I want one. But I think my kittehs would just hiss at it.

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**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-sloths-warning-cuteness-inside/539980/24 "2010-05-21T18:31:39Z")

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How can they be so ugly and so cute?

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**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-sloths-warning-cuteness-inside/539980/25 "2010-05-21T19:20:15Z")

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> [@purplehorseshoe](#):
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> What are they like as pets? Anyone know?

You have to be very careful not to debauch them.

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**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-sloths-warning-cuteness-inside/539980/26 "2010-05-21T19:26:49Z")

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Debauching is all one can do, when the sloth has eaten the gold braid off your uniform.

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-sloths-warning-cuteness-inside/539980/27 "2010-05-21T19:52:18Z")

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The last sloth looks like Emperor [Palpatine](http://www.theforce.net/kids/coruscant/probe_droid/palpatine.jpg).

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