Sloth Bears: The Shaggy, Unpredictable Star of the Buffer Zone

QUICK ANSWER The sloth bear is shaggy, insect-eating and famously unpredictable, and early mornings around fruiting trees are when Tipeshwar’s guides most often see one. Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, it vacuums up termites through a gap where its front teeth should be, and mothers carry cubs on their backs to protect them from […]






