For years scientists assumed that sloths don't fart — believing the methane produced by their slow digestive system was simply absorbed into their bloodstreams and breathed out through their mouths. But now, researchers have captured what's likely the first-ever footage of a farting sloth.
The video, showing a baby Hoffman's two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni) letting rip in a bucket of water, was shared by zoologist and presenter Lucy Cooke (@luckycooke) and wildlife veterinarian Andrés Sáenz Bräutigam (@slothvet.ands) on Instagram on Tuesday (July 15).
