Is a sloth climbing an instinct or a learned behavior?

I would imagine the 'lesson' is giving it climbing practice rather than teaching it how to climb, as it's an instinctive behaviour. read more

I would imagine the ‘lesson’ is giving it climbing practice rather than teaching it how to climb, as it’s an instinctive behaviour. read more

The Sloth's Learned Behaviors. Its learned behaviors also help it survive. It lives almost completely in trees — all its food is found there; it also sleeps (15-20 hours per day), mates, and reproduces in an arboreal fashion. This mammal is a folivore, an animal with a diet that consists of only leaves and buds. read more