All sloths spend a majority of their time hanging from branches from the tops of trees. Sloths mate, and give birth while hanging from trees. While sloths are babies, they can be seen clinging to their mothers until they are old enough to climb through the trees on their own. The tree tops are the best place for sloths to be, because although they can walk, or crawl on the ground, they have very weak hind legs, and cannot move fast, so they become an easy target for predators, such as big cats. Despite how slow and clumsy they are on land, sloths can swim quite well when necessary.
