Sloth Combats Plant Defences in Incredible Behaviour | How Nature Works | BBC Earth

Plants have developed all sorts of tactics to stop themselves from getting eaten. But they can't stop the mighty sloth. Sloths have adapted to eat plants that would otherwise be poisonous to other animals.

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