Are sloths really slothfully?

The sloths in the zoo are sleeping a lot. Are they really slothfully? When eating, they move very slowly. This saves energy. In the tropical rainforest a sloth climbs down its tree only once a week. They can be faster, but they prefer to save energy.

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Director: Jens Hamann

Jens Hamann was born in Fulda in 1960 and grew up in Kassel. From childhood on, he showed great interest in photography. After finishing school and his military service working as a press photographer, he went on to study photographic engineering from 1980 to 1985 in Cologne.
Since 1987 Jens Hamann is a freelance filmmaker, working mostly for television.
As producer, author, director and cinematographer he has made large-scale personal portaits, landscape and culture documentaries for ARD and WDR as well as numerous wildlife film features for the children's educational TV show „Sendung mit der Maus“ and „Sendung mit dem Elefanten“.

Germany Costa Rica
2016
6 Min.
German
Director: Jens Hamann
Script: Jens Hamann
Cinematography: Jens Hamann
Editing: Jens Hamann
Music: Mark Pütz
Narrator: Siham El Maimouni
Editor: Henrike Vieregge
Producer: Jens Hamann Filmproduktion
Nominations: Audience Award Best Short Film for Kids 2017