It takes a sloth an entire month to digest just one leaf and they can store up to can store up to a third of their body weight in faeces. Despite it being incredibly risky for them, sloths always climb down to the rainforest floor to poo. No one knows for sure why, but scientists think they’re using their poo to communicate, sharing information about themselves with other sloths through pheromones. Our Ask A Keeper series is created in partnership with Liontrust Heroes 🦁 | London Zoo

Did you know that sloths poo only once a week? Or that poo from crocodiles was sometimes used as make-up in ancient Rome? Or that ancient Romans sometimes purchased vials of gladiator sweat? Or that apes and monkeys sweat from their armpits just like humans do? Plunge head first into this wonderland of fantastically foul facts! 冷 | Jonathan Ball Publishers | Facebook