Showing posts with label Sloth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sloth. Show all posts
Saturday, March 7, 2020
Rare Video Captures The Incredible Moment A Baby Sloth Is Born
Each and every time a newborn sloth enters the world, it’s cause for celebration. But to witness such a rarely-seen event makes it even more so.
Recently, nature guide Steven Vela did just that — and he caught the whole thing on film.
Evidently, while trekking with a group through a forest in Costa Rica, Vela happened to notice a sloth high in the treetops. Though notoriously difficult to spot in the wild as it is, this particular sloth was seconds away from doing something few have ever observed.
As Vela looked on, the sloth gave birth to a beautiful baby.
To read more on this story, click here: Rare Video Captures The Incredible Moment A Baby Sloth Is Born
To learn more about sloths, click here: 10 facts about sloths, nature's slowest animals
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10 Big Facts About Giant Ground Sloths
Today, the six living species of sloths are usually found dangling from tree branches, or going viral on YouTube. But sloths used to be a lot more diverse—and a lot bigger. The extinct ground sloths pursued all sorts of different lifestyles and came in just about every imaginable shape and size. Some were cow-like grazers; others might have been accomplished burrowers; and, believe it or not, a few even dined beneath the ocean waves.
To read more on this story, click here: 10 Big Facts About Giant Ground Sloths
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Monday, January 25, 2016
Adorable Frightened Sloth Rescued by Transit Police in Ecuador
Transit police in Ecuador noticed this sloth struggling to
cross Quevedo's recently opened highway. Officer Aguayo stopped his patrol car
to go check on the 'oso perezoso,' as they're known in the area. That
translates to 'lazy bear.'
The sloth was taken to a veterinarian who specializes these
types of creatures. The little guy was determined to be OK and taken back to
its habitat.
After the sloth was found, checked out and released, the
executive director of the Ecuador Transit Commission gave order that all
animals found on streets and highways have to be immediately attended to.
Saturday, February 21, 2015
Rescued From the Illegal Exotic Pet Trade, Vish the Sloth Gets a Happy Ending
Vish is a three-month-old sloth who was confiscated by Peruvian authorities when he was found being kept (illegally) as a pet in the city of Tarapoto in the Amazon region of San Martin. Sloths are extremely sensitive wild animals that should never be kept as pets, but the illegal wildlife trade is rife in the area.
Illegal markets act as a conduit for both live and dead animals captured from the forests. Monkeys, coatis and birds are common victims of the exotic pet trade in Peru. Tragically, these babies are often tied up next to the carcasses of their dead family members whose bodies will be sold as “bushmeat.” Many are not even weaned and are too young to survive without their mothers.
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