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Why do extremely slow-moving sloths bizarrely risk their lives to climb down to the ground?

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Why do extremely slow-moving sloths bizarrely risk their lives to climb down to the ground?

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Why do extremely slow-moving sloths bizarrely risk their lives to climb down to the ground?
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