How to Use sloth bear in a Sentence

sloth bear

noun
  • The babies are the first sloth bears born at the zoo in more than 30 years.
    Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 31 May 2023
  • The sloth bear has a grey/white snout and black shaggy fur.
    Zachary Smith, cleveland, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The cub, who was born in January, is the first sloth bear cub to be born at the zoo in 30 years.
    Hannah Drown, cleveland, 11 Apr. 2019
  • Adult sloth bears are missing their top two front teeth.
    Fox News, 10 Mar. 2020
  • The female sloth bear was headed to the water with her cub when the tiger attacked.
    Drew Broach, NOLA.com, 3 Mar. 2018
  • The Philadelphia Zoo just got a bit cuter thanks to two sloth bear cubs that were born last month.
    Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Malu wanted to see sloth bears, the national symbol, and howler monkeys.
    Shoba Narayan, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Even the sun bear and sloth bear, both sometimes called honey bears, feed mostly not on the sweet stuff but on insects — including bees — and fruit.
    Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 10 Nov. 2017
  • Others in our group, including my husband, came upon a sloth bear inching its way along the roadside.
    Lini S. Kadaba, Philly.com, 6 Oct. 2017
  • All survived, but that could be because those who don’t survive sloth bear attacks don’t bother coming to the hospital.
    Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 15 Dec. 2022
  • And then there’s Yala National Park: home to shaggy, insect-eating sloth bears and one of the world’s highest population densities of leopards.
    Laura Kiniry, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2017
  • There are also Asian elephants, peacocks, water buffalo, monkeys, and sloth bears.
    Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Apprehended: Indian police have captured a man accused of killing sloth bears and poaching and trading tigers, the BBC reported.
    National Geographic, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Unwitting encounters are especially frequent with black bears and sloth bears in South Asia, whereas deliberate attacks by hungry bears are uncommon.
    Daniel Lingenhöhl, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Easily navigable for visitors of all ages, the zoo’s attractions, in spacious surroundings, include lions, kangaroos, lemurs, river otters, sloth bears, and the zoo’s signature red pandas.
    Loren King, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Mar. 2018

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