The latest articles on DEV Community by Sloth Conservation (@slothcon). https://dev.to/slothcon https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F371389%2F4b1c8d08-f14d-4c58-9b10-8447427a54b8.jpg https://dev.to/slothcon en Sloth Conservation Wed, 22 Apr 2020 15:48:17 +0000 https://dev.to/slothcon/i-am-one-of-the-world-s-leading-experts-on-sloths-and-the-founder-of-the-sloth-conservation-foundation-ask-me-anything-3e3g https://dev.to/slothcon/i-am-one-of-the-world-s-leading-experts-on-sloths-and-the-founder-of-the-sloth-conservation-foundation-ask-me-anything-3e3g <p>Hello - Happy Earth Day! My name is Dr. Rebecca Cliffe and I am considered to be one of the world’s leading experts on sloths. I have spent the last 11 years living in the Costa Rican jungle where I have been researching the behaviour, ecology and physiology of wild sloths. During my years living in the jungle I have been infected with a flesh eating parasite, chased by killer bees and been stranded on a real-life desert island for three days. </p> <p>Four years ago I founded <a href="https://slothconservation.com/">The Sloth Conservation Foundation</a>; a registered non-profit organisation that is dedicated to saving sloths in the wild through research and conservation initiatives. Through SloCo, we have developed a range of community-based strategies and programs that are providing sustainable ways in which humans and sloths can coexist peacefully. Today I am based full-time in Costa Rica where I manage all of the foundation’s in-field sloth conservation and research programs.</p> <p>Ask me anything! </p> ama watercooler earthday