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What happens when one sloth of the world meets another sloth in the world? They pick each others noses. And other things. But you really have to wonder if it wasn’t on a trip to this Costa Rican sloth sanctuary in Aviarios that Jim Henson first ran across a three-toed sloth, the wildery encounter of which inspired him to create an empire based upon the muppet-like look and movements of this very creature.

Incidentally, if you stuck around for the credits scroll on Where The Wild Things Are, you might have noticed that Jim Henson’s studio was responsible for creating all the roly-poly beast suits that enabled the film not to become the digital fuckfest that so many other Hollywood movies are now. Yeah, sure, they had to go in and digitally animate the faces, but I applaud Spike’s choice for not going full bore on the CGI tip. (I’m convinced that if George Lucas had not relied so heavily upon this mighty digital crutch—well, that and about 200 other minor travesties not limited to the casting of Hayden Christensen—that the Star Wars film franchise may not have left the butt hurt that it did in so many generations of former fans.) I’d also like to openly state that the opening title sequence to Where The Wild Things Are is one of the most brilliant I’ve seen in years and nothing what would’ve graphically happened in the hands of any other director.