Joan Gould. Water Polo Planet. The idea of a professional water polo league is not a new one in the US, having been discussed off an on for the past few years. The idea has gained momentum in the past few years and more water polo people are looking at such a league as a positive growth move for the sport.oan Gould. Water Polo Planet. The idea of a professional water polo league is not a new one in the US, having been discussed off an on for the past few years. The idea has gained momentum in the past few years and more water polo people are looking at such a league as a positive growth move for the sport.
The sloths in these photos are Hoffmann's two-toed sloths. If you look closely, you can see that they have only two toesâor fingersâon each front foot. (Some other sloth species have three front toes.) But those toes are very important! Their long, curved claws keep sloths firmly attached to tree branches. And those claws are their only defense against predators.
Bradypodidae, family Bradypodidae-a family of edentates comprising the true sloths. Bradypus tridactylus, three-toed sloth, ai-a sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfoot. Choloepus didactylus, two-toed sloth, unai, unau-relatively small fast-moving sloth with two long claws on each front foot.ny of various slow-moving, arboreal mammals of the suborder Folivora of South and Central America, having long hooklike claws by which they hang upside down from tree branches, and feeding on leaves, buds, and fruit, especially: a. A member of the genus Bradypus, having three long-clawed toes on each forefoot.