Here’s to all you spooky sloths hitting the streets to fill your tummies with tasty treats. I do hope that someone dresses up as a sloth. I love the effort by Super Sloth on Instagram with her hand-made knitted sloth costumes!
However, if you don’t have the skills, patience, materials or will to make one for yourself, you can pick up a similar one from Kigurumi.
Have fun, be scary, don’t get eaten by zombies, and have a HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!
Cartoon courtesy Liz Climo.
I changed the wallpaper on my lock screen today to a picture of Chuck the sloth. Now I can’t stop smiling and going “hmmmm” with a closed mouth straight smile (you know the one) every time I look at my phone. TELL ME YOUR HEART HASN’T MELTED YET
Sloths featured on IFL Science!
Definitions of the sin of laziness have changed notably over the centuries…In the medieval period…the concept broadened to encompass all forms of sinful inactivity and workshy idleness, from neglecting everyday chores to falling asleep in church.
Images of sloth in the modern world have precious little to do with its origins in early Christian theology…What, we may ask, would a time-travelling visitor from the medieval period make of our fondness for sloths? …We could reassure our sceptical visitor that it’s possible to learn a thing or two from sloths.
They live a low energy lifestyle; they are generally peaceable; and they understand the virtues of taking your time. Any animal that takes two weeks to digest a meal could certainly teach us a valuable lesson in the virtues of mindfulness and contemplative patience. The sloth is the perfect mascot for a culture that is looking to cure itself of addiction to a hyperactive 24/7 work ethic. Now that we have rehabilitated sloths as the slacktivists of the animal kingdom, perhaps the time has come to formulate a laziness ethic as an alternative to the work ethic that has dominated our society for so long.
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“Zootopia” is an upcoming Disney comedy-adventure film. And it features Flash, the fastest sloth working at Zootopia’s DMV (Department of Mammal Vehicles)! Flash is voiced by Raymond Persi, and the movie comes out next March.
From Primatography.
FRUIT AND BUGS
Serves 1-2.
INGREDIENTS:
Fruit
Bugs*
Assemble your favorite fruits on a plate. Really try to think about how a sloth would go about eating this dish, and try to incorporate more of your favorite fruit. In the case of some sloths, that would be grapes.
Arrange the fruit in easy to grab piles. Sloths don’t want to spend any extra time when enjoying a meal, so make it as effortless as possible to chow down.
When you’re pleased with the overall fruit aesthetic, sprinkle nutritious bugs* on top to complete the meal. These will provide an added texture and crunch to this sweet dish!
(*We used chia seeds.)
LEAVES
Serves 1-2.
INGREDIENTS:
Leafy greens
Arrange giant leaves of plants on a plate, paying close attention to the colors and textures. While sloths may typically enjoy the leaves of whatever tree they happen to be hanging around in, they also deeply care about the composition of their meal.
Anything huge, leafy and generally green is perfect for this dish. The more exotic, the better. When selecting your leaves, think about how proud you’ll be able to sound next to the other pretentious folk at the grocery store in the leaf section when recounting your sloth diet backstory.
GRAPES
Serves 1-2.
INGREDIENTS:
Grapes
Put grapes in a bowl. Sloths love a simple meal, and they’ll never turn down a grape. It’s easy, it’s pretty, and it’s healthy as well! Who doesn’t enjoy fruit? This meal is perfect in the morning or as a mid-Slothsgiving snack. Perhaps it could act as a palate cleanser between the courses of your feast.
This dish is best enjoyed while reclining, perhaps on a chaise-type chair that’s perfect for lounging. Bonus points if someone elsefeeds you the grapes!
SHOOTS
Serves 1-2.
INGREDIENTS:
Shoots
Where there’s shoots, there will be sloths. Sloths. Love. Shoots. Especially if they’re juicy shoots. So, grab your favorite shoots and sprouts and throw them together on a plate.
No need to sauté these shoots, as sloths don’t have access to cooking utensils or heat sources. Just select the best shoots you can find, and chow down!
LEAVES AND EGGS
Serves 1-2.
INGREDIENTS:
Leafy greens
Eggs
Feeling a little unsatisfied from your plate of leaves earlier? Sloths have found the solution to that! Did you know sloths are known to eat small eggs that are around the trees they’re chillin’ in? It’s true! So, why not toss a couple onto your leaves and call it a salad!
Obviously, these eggs have been prepared, but that’s because sloths are way more wacky than humans. They can eat eggs just straight up raw. Raw! No need to make your tummy go insane on this holiday – leave the insanity to your families, am I right???
SHOOTS AND FRUITS
Serves 1-2.
INGREDIENTS:
Shoots
Fruits
Optional: bugs
Time to combine the juicy goodness of sloths’ favorite foods all in one dish! Combine the best berries, and of course the necessary grapes, with the choicest of shoots. What could be better???
As always, this dish is all about simplicity and the amount of effort it’ll take to eat it. For best results, consider just tipping the plate directly into your mouth/gullet and going with the flow of life.
EGGS WITH BUGS
Serves 1-2.
INGREDIENTS:
Eggs
Bugs*
This is the ultimate protein-packed meal! A perfect way to cap off your celebrations. Prepare your eggs in your favorite method (for sloths, again, this just means raw as heck), and sprinkle with the appropriate amount of bugs.
There’s crunch, there’s nutrition, and there’s plenty of interesting textures to keep you and your party guests intrigued from start to finish. This dish is ready to give you so much energy, even though you won’t need it for this celebration!
Watched Big Hero 6 for the first time tonight. My God! How good is it!?!
AND THE FIST BUMP!!! CRYING
This week at work has been full of good news! I am ONE HAPPY SLOTH! Just like beautiful Piper here!
From Sam Trull.
My Facebook feed is just full of the new Star Wars movie trailer the last couple days. The boy is buying tickets for our group of friends for the opening night – in about two months time! We are “resisting” the temptation to watch the trailers, so it’s all surprise. 
From S. Watercolour