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Why tourists travel to Costa Rica to watch sloths do nothing

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The modern travel industry has successfully monetized lethargy. Hordes of high-strung vacationers armed with expensive binocular gear hike through the humid Costa Rican jungle just to stare at an animal whose primary defense mechanism is pretending to be a dead leaf. You are literally paying for a guided tour to watch a creature blink twice an hour while moss aggressively grows on its back.

Why tourists travel to Costa Rica to watch sloths do nothing
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