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Videography: Stephanie Sammann + CJ Caughey
Editing, Writing, Narration: Stephanie Sammann
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Thanks to Dr. Becky Cliffe from the Sloth Conservation Foundation and her amazing team, Amelia Symeou, Tamara Avila, Dayber Barker Leon, and everyone else who made this possible.
https://www.slothconservation.org/
Thanks to Judy Avey-Arroyo from the Sloth Sanctuary and the amazing staff there.
https://www.slothsanctuary.com/
Thanks to Dr. Mike Butcher and his incredible team
https://ysu.edu/people/michael-butcher
And here is the paper that Dr. Butcher and his team were collecting research for while we were there. So cool to have seen the process and then the final paper.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/389549448_Three-Dimensional_Limb_Kinematics_in_Brown-Throated_Three-Toed_Sloths_Bradypus_variegatus_During_Suspensory_Quadrupedal_Locomotion
And be sure to watch the full-length Insane Biology of Sloths video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTRUqdH8IqQ