Nature’s Irony: Climate Refugees

Picture this: a sloth running a high intensity bootcamp for cheetahs. The cheetahs are

sprinting laps while the sloth is hanging upside down yelling "faster, you're moving like

sloths out here." The irony is perfect. Meanwhile a polar bear is teaching penguins how to

build sandcastles at a tropical beach party, complaining about the heat while the

penguins are absolutely thriving. Here's the twist though. These animals are

actually climate refugees in this scenario. The sloth had to speed up because

deforestation destroyed his home. The polar bear ended up at the beach because Arctic ice

is melting. When we mess with their habitats, animals have to adapt in the wildest