Rejoice! Sloth Week Is Coming to a Computer Near You

Shark Week? That's for chumps. Sloth Week — now that's more like it

The Internet's favorite slow-moving mammals are coming to a computer screen near you, thanks to Animalist and Animal Planet. For six days, beginning on June 20, any sloth-loving person (so, all persons) will be able to see adorable footage from the Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica

The lineup is available at SlothWeek.com, which will also serve as an endless goldmine of fuzzy facts about the creatures during the week

“Here at Animalist, although we love our Cat Pack, we have decided it’s time for our feline friends and other cute creatures of the web to share the spotlight,” said James Williams, Executive Producer of Discovery Digital Networks’ Animalist, in a statement. “Sloth Week will go beyond entertaining and help reveal more about the creatures that we all are still learning so much about.” Read more...