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8 Reasons Why Cell Phones Should Be Replaced With Baby Sloths

Christine Gritmon — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:02:37 +0000

Two things people just can't seem to get enough of on the internet these days: replacing things with other things via Photoshop, and adorable baby sloths. So how on Earth are we the first people to put the two sensations together at last? We don't know, but we *do* know that once you see these pictures of cell phones replaced by baby sloths, that virtual sloth app on your phone will no longer cut it. (We're looking at you, Kristen Bell.) See how much cuter these photos are when the cell phones are replaced with baby sloths.

Sloth Facing Is a Disturbing New Meme

Emerald Catron — Thu, 30 May 2013 18:51:04 +0000

Here's a nice, unsettling thing to look at: "Sloth-facing," also known as "Quasimoderping." Basically, you just move the eyes around a picture until it looks like a sloth and you are laughing/scared. It's pretty big on the internet right now, thanks to Redditor treverhaas, whose album of sloth-faced celebrities picked up some steam.

Of course, subreddit /r/quasimoderp have been doing this (more or less) for about seven months now, so there are lots of good celbrisloths floating around on the internet. Here are some of our favorites:

9 Sloths Who Are Working for the Weekend

Emerald Catron — Tue, 07 May 2013 20:16:09 +0000

We love sloths. There's no question. But we can't spend all day looking at them online-- sometimes we have to take a break to order food from Seamless or run a damp sponge over our body. Worse, sometimes we actually have to leave the apartment. To combat this, we've taken sloths and given them everyday jobs, so we can imagine the people we have to talk to are sloths while we're talking to them. That's normal, right?

11 Indisputable Reasons Sloths Are the Best

Emerald Catron — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:32:15 +0000

You probably already know this, but we don't think there's any harm in repeating it: Sloths are the best. Frankly, we prefer them to kittens, because one has never tried to eat our toes. In case you didn't know this, or maybe you just want a reminder, here are just a few of the reasons why sloths are, in fact, the best.

10 Strangely Awesome Sloth Tattoos

Cameron Simcik — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:26:04 +0000

Is it just us, or does it seem like sloths are getting more popular lately? Baby versions, ones with Skrillex hair-- you name it, it's out there. They've been around for thousands and thousands of years, but maybe it's one of those things where people are just now understanding the little guys. Whatever the case, there are zero complaints on our end since they're so ridiculously cute.

The 12 Cutest Baby Sloths on the Web

Cameron Simcik — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:35:28 +0000

Sloths have always been cute little things, but we have Kristen Bell to thank for bringing their sheer adorableness to light this time last year. Sure, the actress is really, really emotionally attached to the animals, but we honestly can't blame her. Sloths make any situation like, 20 times cuter. Taking a bath? Check. Wearing onesies? You betcha!

12 Baby Animals You Didn't Know Were Adorable

Cameron Simcik — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:44:07 +0000

When it comes to showcasing adorably tiny animals, we usually stick to puppies or kittens or the occasional piglets with people clothes. It's just a standard go-to that never fails to brighten our days or make us "aww!" for hours. Of course these furballs are great and all, but did you know there's a whole other world out there of small animals? Ones you've probably never seen in miniature form?

10 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Sloths

Danny Gallagher — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:30:50 +0000

The world had a big ol’ laugh when Kristen Bell turned into a crying mess after laying eyes on the first sloth she ever saw that wasn’t separated from her by metal bars or an unbreakable sheet of glass. The internet might have had some fun at her expense, but if they bothered to look up some of these amazing and astounding facts about sloths, they might have been the ones crying into their hands on YouTube and Bell would've had the last laugh.

Baby Sloth In a Onesie May Destroy the Internet With Cuteness

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:45:57 +0000

Sloths don't just look adorable, they also have some pretty adorable habits. For example, the orphaned baby sloths in the Avarios Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica hug stuffed animals at all times as a way to mimic the interaction they would be having with their mother. Also, they wear tiny onesies. It's enough cuteness to quite possibly cause the internet to collapse in on itself.

Learn Your Sloth Name With This Handy Name Generator

Donald Deane — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:45:40 +0000

Sloths are a hot commodity right now and name generators (like the blues name generator) have been a constant source of entertainment on the internet. So, imagine our surprise -- nay, our unbridled glee -- when we discovered a sloth name generator!

Kristen Bell's Sloth Breakdown Gets the Inevitable 'Auto-Tune the News' Treatment

Danny Gallagher — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:02:02 +0000

Kristen Bell’s crying fit over meeting a sloth on her birthday was hilarious. The ‘Auto-Tune the News’ guys found a way to make it hilarious-er. The Gregory Brothers took footage of the ‘Veronica Mars’ and ‘Gossip Girl’ star having an emotional breakdown over the prospect of getting to hug a real live sloth on a [...]

Kristin Bell Offers an Explanation For Her Sloth Meltdown [VIDEO]

Alex Staub — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:51:57 +0000

Kristin Bell has been causing quite a bit of meme-worthy internet buzz due to her slight meltdown on 'Ellen' last week when it was teased that there might be a baby sloth backstage. Kristin decided that it was necessary to explain her emotional reaction in a Youtube video, and from what we can gather, she REALLY likes baby sloths. Go figure!

Is Kristen Bell's Sloth Meltdown Meme-Worthy? [IMAGES]

Nick Nadel — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:28:46 +0000

By now you've probably seen the video of Kristen Bell's adorable reaction to meeting a sloth for her birthday. As she revealed on 'Ellen,' she's a huge fan of sloths-- and an easy crier. So when fiancé Dax Shepard surprised her with a one-on-one interaction with a sloth, she completely lost her mind.

The video of Bell's meltdown got us thinking that we may have a meme on our hands. Take a look below.

Kristen Bell Has a Meltdown Over Sloths on 'Ellen' [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:46:21 +0000

Being in the cute animal game, we would be the first to tell you that a sloth is one adorable beast. However, we were still taken aback by Kristen Bell’s emotional response to meeting the two-toed creature, which she talked about on ‘Ellen.’ The ‘House of Lies’ star explained that after fiance Dax Shepard informed [...]

Baby Sloths Bathing Will Melt Your Brain With Cuteness [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:04:35 +0000

Like most animals, sloths hate being bathed. But because they are — well — slothful, these baby sloths at an animal sanctuary don’t pitch much of a fuss when their handlers bring them to a tub and start scrubbing them down. Their positive attitudes during bath time is our gain, because a wet baby sloth is [...]

Cuteness Alert! The Sloths are Coming! [VIDEO]

Donald Deane — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:19:42 +0000

In this trailer for an upcoming documentary on Slothville, the world’s only sloth sanctuary, the sleepy (but cute) animals seem determined to work their way inch-by-inch into your heart. The trailer features a variety of the slow-moving mammals as they creep, crawl and move at a snail’s pace around the facility, which is located in [...]