A very special Saturday post for a very special occasion

Not only is it International Sloth Day again today, but it's also time to announce our last slothoftheday post! Sloths have been getting very tired over the last year, and they are going on a permanent vacation. Or at least until they can rest up for a good long while. If and when they do grace us with their return, rest assured we'll bring them on home to you the best we can.

In the meantime, feel free to browse the archives for a year's worth of photos and videos, celebrate International Sloth Day in your own unique way, and think of today's sloth whenever you feel blue. She'll be thinking of you. Thanks and so long, dear readers; perhaps we'll see you on the other side sometime.

Get it! Keep climbing! Yeah sloth!!

All hands and hearts on deck to support today's sloth and her epic tree-climbing adventure. She even had to pass through a pool of hot lava to get here... note the damp fur. And then give her a lollipop for the road.

What? Who? Me?

Today's sloth isn't quite sure what's happening or what you're asking her. In another minute or two she'll shift into extreme nap mode and you'll never get it out of her. We'd give up now, if we were you.

You gotta leave home to taste the world

Today's sloth is so happy she's got first crack at that beautiful patch of green leaves on the other side of the forest. It took her all day to get there, and boy does that foliage taste delicious!!

Is this the face of a terrorist?

I should hope not. But the way today's sloth was so unkindly evicted from her peaceful occupation of Zuccotti Park late last night begs to differ. We here at slothoftheday wouldn't have thought such a sweet little face could harbor such anger and persistence, but you'd better believe she went back today! #occupywallstreetforever

Wheeeee!!

Today's sloth is just totally f*$king awesome.

Oh hai

You're cute. Want to buy me dinner? I can haz delicious leaves.

Packing list: plastic tub, towels, sloth

Check. That's really all you'll need the next time you travel anywhere; the rest is just extra. Don't forget to poke holes in the lid!

Who wants some oysters?!

Today's sloth does! Come on, go ahead and hand her her some. She wants it so bad and she's real handy with a shucking knife.

Extreme close-up!!

Whoooooooooa!! Whaaaooooooooaoaaaaaaooo!!!

What *will* it take to restore our economy?

This is the question that today's sloth will be considering all day. He's perfectly content behind these beautiful green leaves pondering the major political issues of our time. Let him know if you've got any input; otherwise, he'll keep you posted once he comes up with the answer.

It's positively an orgy of fur!

Thanks for tuning in to hugging sloths week here at the slothblog! To reward you for your steadfast viewership, today we're capping it off with the mother of all lodes: sloths hugging sloths.

You're welcome.

Holy crap, it's Anderson Cooper!

What can we even say about this? Maybe that we hope today's sloth can teach this particular celebrity a thing or two, like how to look totally awesome as you age and also how to have a hit talk show. We're thinking it's gonna happen.

Whoa, not safe for work!

Who's this hoochie and what's she doing all over the internet? We're sure we don't quite know, but today's sloth is just so in love with her that we couldn't say no. If you'd like to complain about the total impropriety of this post, we'd like to refer you to yesterday's sloth, and then to the sloth before that. Seeing them should sufficiently calm anyone down.

From the bellies of babes...

... dangle the sweetest little sloths you'll ever see. I mean, come on -- she's not even holding him there! Look at the way those tiny claws manage to snag just enough nightshirt to hang on, yet without puncturing her sensitive skin. It's like there's a magnet. A perfectly-balanced attraction of pure adorableness. Oh, we just can't take it.