How sloths survive, thrive as nature’s couch potato | 60 Minutes

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  • Опубликовано: 27 дек 2024

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  • @simpsonsquire1997
    @simpsonsquire1997 10 месяцев назад +133

    Thank you, JonTron for raising awareness of the Sloth slander that’s apparently been going on for years. I will not stand for this.

  • @hovadude
    @hovadude 11 месяцев назад +25

    Can’t think of a better way to start the year than to watch a real sloth hugging a sloth stuffed animal omg that was amazing ❤

  • @LR-mh8hs
    @LR-mh8hs Год назад +82

    Seeing a sloth in the wild was one of my most memorable experiences while visiting Costa Rica.

    • @LR-mh8hs
      @LR-mh8hs Год назад +4

      @@SusanKay-Don't be jealous. Go visit! It is worth whatever sacrifice you have to make.

    • @joules_sw
      @joules_sw 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@LR-mh8hsin the wild, so lucky hahaha

  • @poupdujour
    @poupdujour Год назад +153

    Always good to see someone passionate about wildlife like she is. Great piece.

    • @dianapennepacker6854
      @dianapennepacker6854 Год назад +9

      Yeah she is contagious with her enthusiasm. Has wit, is and smart.
      I was just thinking on how do Sloths live. Still don't see how they are not killed by predators or hunted by things like Jaguars.

    • @jackburton2680
      @jackburton2680 Год назад +1

      They do get preyed upon

  • @hildamaine8319
    @hildamaine8319 Год назад +16

    The sloth 🦥 smiling face is a treat for the eyes, sweet little species. Thanks to this dedicated group of people.

  • @ZombieAndroid
    @ZombieAndroid 10 месяцев назад +71

    I won't stand for this sloth slander.

    • @daylinlott5723
      @daylinlott5723 9 месяцев назад +1

      You mean you won't hang around just to listen to trash talk

  • @scoon2117
    @scoon2117 Год назад +124

    There used to be giant 20 foot tall sloths, imagine how cute and terrifying they were.

    • @HebaruSan
      @HebaruSan Год назад +5

      That's one way to avoid avian predation!

    • @mchevre
      @mchevre Год назад +3

      @RepentandbelieveinJesusChrist. dude chill - not the time or place for proselytizing

    • @pele914
      @pele914 10 месяцев назад +1

      Apparently they tasted good but were indeed dangerous to hunt from historic reports

    • @scoon2117
      @scoon2117 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@pele914 they also dug massive caves that are still around today

    • @christinajay8696
      @christinajay8696 6 месяцев назад +2

      It’s because they are high on tree bark that goes absorbed into they nails just like a human being high 24/7 on mushrooms

  • @dr.lazysloth3415
    @dr.lazysloth3415 Год назад +40

    Sloths are wonderful 🦥

  • @MaddenScience
    @MaddenScience Год назад +48

    This sloth segment surely “adds to the richness of the universe”! Love seeing nature-themed episodes on 60 Minutes.

    • @2degucitas
      @2degucitas Год назад

      I scrolled right over your comment as she said it.

  • @momotaroreincarnatednthtim6303
    @momotaroreincarnatednthtim6303 Год назад +12

    60M Years? They've been existing!! I feel humbled as a human being.

  • @Fony_turgeson
    @Fony_turgeson 11 месяцев назад +3

    they are so cute hugging that stuffed sloth

  • @marwinout
    @marwinout 10 месяцев назад +35

    reported for bullying sloths

  • @elconcepcion4368
    @elconcepcion4368 10 месяцев назад +12

    Sloths are not B-listers, put some respect on Sid's descendants
    (Yes, i just came from the JT video, no I will not elaborate)

  • @dhickey5919
    @dhickey5919 Год назад +37

    Lovely story with a proper lesson at the end. Convenience is incredibly bad for all of us.

  • @ahmedomarabdallah2052
    @ahmedomarabdallah2052 Год назад +63

    Wonderful creatures 😍

  • @alexaales7937
    @alexaales7937 Год назад +24

    i love sloths, there is just something about them. probably the smile :-).

  • @soralayafriedman9959
    @soralayafriedman9959 Год назад +22

    Sharyn is a riot! The sloths are adorable.

  • @hochathanfire0001
    @hochathanfire0001 Год назад +13

    Slow and awesome. The Ultimate Couch 🛋️ Potato 🥔. My kind of people.

  • @hope-mania
    @hope-mania 10 месяцев назад +23

    Stop bullying sloths

  • @t-r-e-x452
    @t-r-e-x452 10 месяцев назад +33

    Came over from JonTron slander 60 Minutes. To paraphrase a documentary, "The people behind 60 minutes are bafoons and sloths. Because you did 0 research."

    • @BrolandMeeces
      @BrolandMeeces 3 месяца назад

      "is this biological wokeness"? Asked the reporter from a woke corporation "Well it would be if it wasn't true". said the woman who has a functional brain

  • @jonasga
    @jonasga Год назад +14

    I think sloths are pretty hard working little fellas. I think they move slow to make themselves harder to spot. They're stealthy rather than lazy.

  • @emojiking8580
    @emojiking8580 Год назад +20

    My spirit Animal
    🦥🦥🦥🦥🦥🦥

  • @conhughes001
    @conhughes001 10 месяцев назад +37

    JonTron brought me here. Stop bullying sloths.

  • @tiagopinto365
    @tiagopinto365 Год назад +15

    this was not only great journalism it was FUN!!!

  • @Memelord2020
    @Memelord2020 10 месяцев назад +8

    JonTron sent me here

  • @tedadams1324
    @tedadams1324 5 месяцев назад +2

    Poor sloths. I feel so sorry for these sweet little creatures. It breaks my heart to see what is happening to them. I hope that the public changes their opinion of these innocent little animals.

  • @hochathanfire0001
    @hochathanfire0001 Год назад +6

    What INFECTIOUS enthusiasm.

  • @BAD46660
    @BAD46660 Год назад +35

    Wonderful animals and passionate researchers. Great reporting.

  • @carolynshelton952
    @carolynshelton952 Год назад +2

    I love her passion for wildlife and her sense of humor! What an extraordinary woman!

  • @cavemann_
    @cavemann_ 10 месяцев назад +16

    I will not stand for Sloth slander.

  • @betsylindsay8480
    @betsylindsay8480 Год назад +19

    My spirit animal.

  • @MrManBuzz
    @MrManBuzz 9 месяцев назад +2

    Justice for Sloths. End this Sloth slander.

  • @SPIRITWILDCHILD28
    @SPIRITWILDCHILD28 Год назад +4

    we moved to Panama from the U.S. a year and a half ago. We've yet to see sloths, but so happy they are here,

    • @elizabethmcleod246
      @elizabethmcleod246 Год назад

      You can see them on Isla Colon in Bocas del Toro.

    • @eduardoku
      @eduardoku Год назад

      you can also go to the Parque Natural Metropolitano, just saw one on the wild today.

  • @astralfluxaf
    @astralfluxaf Год назад +10

    If I was in nature this would be my ultimate form

    • @sethflix
      @sethflix 11 месяцев назад +1

      Congratulations, you get into reincarnate into a sloth in your next lifetime.

  • @Rr0gu3_5uture
    @Rr0gu3_5uture Год назад +30

    After watching this, I'm pretty sure that I have a significant amount of sloth DNA in my system.

    • @joanneweiss3864
      @joanneweiss3864 11 месяцев назад +2

      I KNOW my son does😂😂😂😂

    • @mnomadvfx
      @mnomadvfx 8 месяцев назад

      Nah.
      Devoid of the crutches of civilisation and technology humans are pretty active by default.
      During the ice age when food was at its most scarce humans were ranging around all year long just to keep fed.

  • @AntiWorkSJW
    @AntiWorkSJW Год назад +9

    Sloths are super cool. Must be protected.

  • @DianeLee-je7jm
    @DianeLee-je7jm Год назад +7

    Amazing video! Not only informative but entertaining; Lucy has an enviable passion for these creatures and others. So very thankful this dedication exists in this world 🙏🏾🔆

  • @skfanfanfan
    @skfanfanfan Год назад +13

    Brilliant episode

  • @PerfectoKiss
    @PerfectoKiss Год назад +4

    I put them in the cute category. Beautiful creature and to be appreciated. Life is not all about the hustle and bustle. Slow down and enjoy life.

  • @karencahill4798
    @karencahill4798 Год назад +8

    I am 67. When I was 5 my grandpa gave me his precious taxidermied Three Toad 🦥 sloth.
    I shared it every year throughout Elementary School. Still have it.

  • @Matthew-4114
    @Matthew-4114 10 месяцев назад +10

    Why you hating on the sloth ?

  • @christinatucker160
    @christinatucker160 Год назад +8

    Merry Christmas everyone ⛄

  • @highndry18
    @highndry18 10 месяцев назад +1

    How dare you make a hit piece on these beautiful creatures

  • @dvdavid4677
    @dvdavid4677 Год назад +9

    I ❤ soths

  • @derickshalo384
    @derickshalo384 Год назад +10

    She got that right. We are extremely obsessed with speed.

    • @cityhawk
      @cityhawk Год назад +1

      I guess that's why I'm obsessed with the Dodo. If they ever come back into existence, I’d love to see them in person.

  • @betsyross2.065
    @betsyross2.065 Год назад +3

    They take life at their own pace...❤❤❤

  • @MarceloVolcato
    @MarceloVolcato Год назад +7

    Such an amazing animal, with so much to teach us.

  • @samstapltonn
    @samstapltonn 10 месяцев назад +4

    It’s almost like the “regular media” has a conspiracy against these lovable guys…..😢

  • @gloryakiepper7918
    @gloryakiepper7918 Год назад +8

    Great info from a great video. Lucy is a great woman The world is a better place with her in it. Sincere thanks. A great 2024.🎉

  • @leosailor2514
    @leosailor2514 10 месяцев назад +1

    It’s impressive how docile and tolerant of handling these sloths are. Most animals would hiss aggressively or try desperately to get away

  • @CaptainBlitz
    @CaptainBlitz 10 месяцев назад +3

    They're not B list, they're not even S list; they deserve their own god tier ABOVE S!

  • @thomasaltruda
    @thomasaltruda Год назад +1

    1:10 “poisonous snakes”? Don’t you mean VENOMOUS? You would think a news source with an animal expert at their disposal wouldn’t get things so wrong..

  • @Cobbmtngirl
    @Cobbmtngirl Год назад +1

    “The richness of the universe” ❤
    I love them. Thank you for this!

  • @PHBRNTGGR2
    @PHBRNTGGR2 Год назад

    Sloths are the cutest and coolest animals!!💕❤️🥰

  • @darreth0104
    @darreth0104 6 месяцев назад

    I love love LOVE the look on Teddy's face after he realizes it was just Lucy making that noise. "DAMMIT LADY! Do you REALIZE how many leaves I'm gonna need to eat to replace the energy I just burned?!?"

  • @averymasters
    @averymasters 10 месяцев назад +10

    JonTron did a thing.

  • @Nola50
    @Nola50 Год назад +1

    Love these precious sweet little one's

  • @debrahelmlinger6256
    @debrahelmlinger6256 Год назад +1

    Just gave my new nephew in law a stuffed sloth with a red hoodie that says sloth mode. The family thought I shouldn't give to him but it was the only gift I gave him that he took home, left the rest🤣

  • @Glenn.Cooper
    @Glenn.Cooper Год назад +4

    What a great story. Thank you!

  • @dh891
    @dh891 9 месяцев назад

    I love costa rica. It is my favorite country by far. The wild life is out of this world. It is like living in a zoo.

  • @nansealove9000
    @nansealove9000 Год назад +8

    Thank you so much for this information on sloths and climate change. I love sloths and almost every other animal, so it is disturbing to hear their predicament, but perhaps, as people realize what we’re doing to the other life on earth, they will work harder to fight climate change.

    • @dentalcare1
      @dentalcare1 Год назад +1

      Calm down, already. It's just a theory. Not established science.

  • @suzannederringer1607
    @suzannederringer1607 Год назад +2

    Who doesn't love Sloths?❤

  • @victoriao1828
    @victoriao1828 Год назад +1

    Excellent video ❤ thank you so much for sharing 🙏

  • @LaurieValdez-zk3dy
    @LaurieValdez-zk3dy 6 месяцев назад +1

    I ❤ Sloths 🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @WHU448
    @WHU448 Месяц назад

    We need more people like Lucy and more people to donate to these causes.
    Sloths and Koalas are, in my opinion, the most beautiful creatures God has ever created.

  • @arthurjeremypearson
    @arthurjeremypearson 11 месяцев назад +1

    1:29 I can watch her be that excited over and over again :-)

  • @lulumoon6942
    @lulumoon6942 Год назад +1

    Total. Spirit. Animal.
    And her post Darwin ideas are intriguing, look forward to her book! 👍

  • @Thekowaikaiju
    @Thekowaikaiju Год назад +1

    01:10 Poisonous snakes? Were you eating them?

  • @tom13king
    @tom13king 10 месяцев назад +1

    4:03 "They scream in D#"
    *proceeds to scream in A*

  • @maryseman7019
    @maryseman7019 Год назад +3

    My spirit animal is a sloth.

  • @mysam4504
    @mysam4504 Год назад +1

    I loved this! Thank you. ❤

  • @gcfournier3386
    @gcfournier3386 Год назад

    Huge fan of this segment on sloths

  • @CrocusSeal
    @CrocusSeal 11 месяцев назад +1

    I don't know why I got so upset about the sloths being harmed by the power lines. It's so depressing how us humans find a way to harm everyone else

  • @rotspoilandfester6705
    @rotspoilandfester6705 10 месяцев назад +2

    out of all the things you could have made a hitpiece on, you choose sloths?

  • @DeconvertedMan
    @DeconvertedMan 10 месяцев назад +3

    be nice to the sloths!

  • @bmwfraulein1538
    @bmwfraulein1538 Год назад +2

    Snakes aren’t poisonous - they’re venomous. Poison is something you ‘ingest’ (drink), venom is something you ‘inject’ (snake bite). Duh…

  • @BlitzHitz
    @BlitzHitz Год назад

    Thank you for uploading this.

  • @barb6440
    @barb6440 11 месяцев назад

    I've have my days at work I tell my coworkers 'I'm in sloth' mode. Think they are my spirit animal. 😂

  • @LivingstonGina
    @LivingstonGina 5 месяцев назад

    Adorable ❤

  • @logboat5517
    @logboat5517 10 месяцев назад +10

    JonTron brought me here

  • @joules_sw
    @joules_sw 6 месяцев назад

    Sloth with backpack makes me happy

  • @bfgivmfith
    @bfgivmfith Год назад +3

    Beautiful!

  • @radicalsuggestions
    @radicalsuggestions Год назад +1

    I was troubled by your use of the word “explorers” to describe conquistadors. It literally means “conquerors” and their legacy is not one of exploration but of genocide.

  • @matthix7403
    @matthix7403 11 месяцев назад +1

    Interview with a sloth? "Sloth what do you have to say for yourself?"

  • @angeljohnson234
    @angeljohnson234 11 месяцев назад

    They're adorable 🥰🥰🥰

  • @josephdonais4778
    @josephdonais4778 Год назад +1

    Either the Sloth having been around so long, proof it is okay to be one, or else I feel for them, iconic in the dregs of our adjectives.
    With the urRu, Mystics of the Dark Chrystal, will I associate them instead.

  • @linak7155
    @linak7155 Год назад +12

    God created a beautiful animal with the sloth 🦥 The koala 🐨 bear is another adorable creature. ❤

  • @Geeksmithing
    @Geeksmithing 11 месяцев назад +1

    Keep your eyes out for venomous snakes on the ground. Not poisonous ones. 🙄

    • @mikekazz5353
      @mikekazz5353 10 месяцев назад +2

      Venomous= don't let it bite you.
      Poisonous= don't bite it.

    • @Geeksmithing
      @Geeksmithing 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@mikekazz5353 keep fighting the good fight.

  • @delxinogaming6046
    @delxinogaming6046 Год назад

    Hard hitting news we needed

  • @patrickdeclerk4424
    @patrickdeclerk4424 Год назад

    Great show great guest keep it up sir they are listening thanks

  • @sandyago4735
    @sandyago4735 Год назад +2

    Love those critters

  • @LaurieMarieValdezRNCCRN
    @LaurieMarieValdezRNCCRN Год назад +4

    MERRY
    XMASS🏥🙏🇺🇲🪖🫡🌎🫀🎺🕊️❤️‍🔥🌲⛄

    • @emojiking8580
      @emojiking8580 Год назад +1

      Back at ya👋😂 Merry Christmas !!!

  • @Rainbow-sparkle
    @Rainbow-sparkle 10 месяцев назад +2

    @60minutes
    Suggestion for improvement:
    It would have been nice, if you had also shown the dark-skinned man, including his face, who helped climb barefoot to get the sloths from the ant-infested trees. I think it's a sign of respect to show all the helpers involved and at least briefly interview them. :-)
    Positive Feedback:
    Very interesting and informative documation. Thank you very much for your work.

  • @nicholasharvey1232
    @nicholasharvey1232 Год назад +1

    4:18 That is not D sharp. That is A sharp (aka B flat).

  • @filispirit
    @filispirit Год назад

    Thanks for this lesson.

  • @rwfidel
    @rwfidel 11 месяцев назад

    Does anyone know the name of the sanctuaries mentioned in the piece?

    • @jimannothe
      @jimannothe 10 месяцев назад

      Toucan rescue ranch

  • @ScottShedd123
    @ScottShedd123 Год назад

    My spirit animal

  • @NakedSageAstrology
    @NakedSageAstrology Год назад +5

    Evolution has kept the mighty sloth around for over 64 million years! You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like. 🦥

  • @alsn126
    @alsn126 Год назад

    what a beautiful story

  • @thesalvadorianwarrior798
    @thesalvadorianwarrior798 10 месяцев назад +3

    #slothslivesmatter