Crossword Puzzle (Hint: watch our Why we need sloths and how you can help! video for clues)

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Across
  1. 1. Sloths recycle nutrients back into the environment every time they ____
  2. 4. Occasionally ____ and birds will come up to a sloth and eat the bugs from their fur
  3. 6. Xenarthrans should not be kept as ____.
  4. 8. Researchers are looking at ____ species as treatment for malaria, Chagas disease, and even breast cancer!
  5. 9. There are ___ species of sloths
  6. 10. Support programs that save sloth’s natural ____
  7. 11. Keep them in your heart but leave them in the ____
Down
  1. 2. More trees and more leaves mean more ____ and more shade.
  2. 3. When sloths go the bathroom ____ come out of their fur!
  3. 5. Sloth fur has microcracks which helps ____ grow on it
  4. 7. Every year on the ____ Saturday of October, we celebrate International Sloth Day!