Do Sloths Really Mistake Their Own Arms for Branches?

Are these animals really dumb enough to fall out of trees due to their own incompetence?

Sloooooowly…. caaaaaarefully…. Photo by Meg Jerrard on Unsplash

Sloths are one of the internet’s favorite animals, along with capybaras and baby elephants. There’s something undeniably cute about them; maybe it’s their always-squinting faces, or maybe it’s just how slowly they move in all…