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Where is it online??
Didnt see a video, just these pics.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8498000/8498058.stm
Fantastic, thanks for that.
Hmmm... so apparently sloths are not the stoner layabouts I was led to believe.
I need a new role model.
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too cute for words 🙂
Hmmm... I'm slightly uncomfortable with that "Meet the sloths" video.
Undeniably very cute, but the orphanage does appear to be set up to keep the soths in natural habitats so they can be reintroduced into the wild. Instead they seem to be treated as pets and playthings. Not sure that is a good thing.
Fear not, Graham, it’s not as bad as you might think. The Sloth Orphanage does a lot of rehabilitation and release of sloths into the wild, and are also maintaining a 300 acre rainforest sanctuary.
Unfortunately there are a lot of sloths that come in badly injured and can’t be released into the wild due to the injuries that they’ve sustained, and sadly a lot of babies are brought in as well, because their mothers have been killed or because they’ve been snatched for the tourist trade (“Have your photo taken with the cute baby sloth!) or the pet trade. Normally the ones in pyjamas are ones who have had skin conditions – particularly common in babies that have been removed from their mothers too soon.
I think videos focussing on the cuter, less sad aspects of their work brings in more hits and more donations than the more sensible “And this is how we train a sloth to be a sloth” approach.
As long as it doesn't lead to a huge demand in pet sloths, as has happened with slow loris after the youtube videos of them being cute.
Amazing animals sloths, I saw a program a while back where a guy was swimming with them between islands, and he could just pick them up, they have no fear of humans or objection to being picked up.
they have no fear of humans or objection to being picked up.
I'm not sure if that's the case, I think they're just not able to object that much! 😛
I agree about the pet thing though, think they could do more to point out that they're not domestic creatures. Maybe they need to show more wild ones, covered in algae and sloth moths.
Fear not, Graham, it’s not as bad as you might think
Good to know MrsToast. I'm always a little wary of such places after seeing some that were basically just novelty petting zoos.