How to Use sloth bear in a Sentence
sloth bear
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The babies are the first sloth bears born at the zoo in more than 30 years.
—Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 31 May 2023
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The sloth bear has a grey/white snout and black shaggy fur.
—Zachary Smith, cleveland, 25 Aug. 2023
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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
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Adult sloth bears are missing their top two front teeth.
—Fox News, 10 Mar. 2020
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The female sloth bear was headed to the water with her cub when the tiger attacked.
—Drew Broach, NOLA.com, 3 Mar. 2018
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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
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Malu wanted to see sloth bears, the national symbol, and howler monkeys.
—Shoba Narayan, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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There are also Asian elephants, peacocks, water buffalo, monkeys, and sloth bears.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
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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
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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
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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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