The Sloth
Honduras
Spring 2011
I am on a tour bus in Honduras. We are headed back to the hotel after a long day. All of the sudden, the bus driver stops and puts the bus in reverse. He stops and tell all of us to look out the left window.
"Do you see it?", he shouted.
We strain our necks and can't figure out what he wanted us to see.
"The sloth, see him just sitting there."
Then we do see him. He is right in front of us but he is so still that we don't even notice him. We watch him for a good fifteen minutes and there is absolutely no movement. We tap on our windows. We make lots of noise. The 100 photos we took caused a flashing sensation which didn't phase him. After a few minutes, we calm down and just watch him. He doesn't move and his stillness begins to spook us. Finally, we surrender and leave, placing bets on how long we think he would stay in this position.
