You are viewing a single comment's thread from:RE: Roads of Costa Rica: drive carefully and watch out for the sloths! (cute sloth photos inside :))View the full contextView the direct parentborran (71)in #nature • 7 years ago Whaat! That's random! :D..Maybe they develop it to charm the females?
Yeah thats one of the possible explanations... but on the other hand, the striking coloration of the patch also attracts predators (mostly eagles and jaguars) so it really is a kind of mystery :)
The animal kingdom never cease to amaze! :)
Exactly :)