sloth of bears

A Sloth of Bears

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Cartoon animals struggling to hold a heavy Placeholder Image sign while a bird prepares to land on top.

A group of bears is appropriately known as a sloth. What Does “A Sloth of Bears” Mean? “Sloth” is the older and more historically documented of the two similar-sounding bear collective nouns (the other being “sleuth”), generally believed to reference bears’ slow, lumbering movement, or possibly their reputation for spending long stretches inactive, especially heading … Read more