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Juvenile three-toed sloth (Bradypus) climbing a tree branch.
Sloths do not have very acute eyesight or hearing. Although they possess colour vision, their sensory perception is limited, and they rely primarily on touch for orientation. Because their vision and hearing are not highly developed, they depend on their sense of touch and smell to locate food.12