The Sloth Blog

Stone Zoo Auctioning Off Chance To Name Baby Sloth
The Stone Zoo welcomed a baby sloth this summer. And one lucky person will get the chance to decide what it will be named. The baby Linne’s two-toed sloth was born on July 31 to Lunesta and Nero. The new addition’s gender is not yet known. Stone Zoo is holding...

Family sues Lowcountry animal exhibit after sloth bites child
A Lowcountry family is suing a private, Charleston-area animal exhibit after an animal allegedly bit their child’s finger to the bone in June 2020. The lawsuit alleges the plaintiffs, Candise Gore and her child, paid a fee to Charleston Sloth and Exotics, LLC—the successor to Charleston Anteaters and Exotics—in exchange...

Baby sloth who died from rare syndrome
Oliver Nicholson suffered from a rare syndrome that kept him in and out of the hospital for his 18-month-long life. During that time, sloths gave him comfort.  Over 45,0000 people are asking the Cincinnati Zoo to name a soon-to-be-born sloth in memory of Oliver Nicholson and to raise awareness about...

Venezuelan couple nurses injured sloths back to health at home shelter
Juan Carlos Rodriguez and his wife Haydee were taking one of their dogs to the veterinarian in Venezuela last year when they found a sloth on the road that had fallen from a power line after apparently suffering an electric shock. They took the Brown-throated sloth - which are common...

Lightning's baby sloth starts to move to Lower Abdomen
Time is ticking and the Cincinnati Zoo's sloth named Lightning will soon be having a baby. Lightning the sloth is pregnant, zoo officials announced in February. She's the live-in partner of Moe, a longtime resident of the zoo. Moe, 21, and Lightning, 8, are both two-toed sloths. An ultrasound at...

Baby sloth born at Buttonwood Park Zoo
A baby Hoffman’s two-toed sloth has been born at Buttonwood Park Zoo, the first in the zoo's 127-year history. Zoo officials announced the Hoffman’s two-toed sloth was born on June 22 to first time parents, 12-year-old female Sandy and 20-year-old male, Bernardo. “Since this is Sandy’s first birth, we wanted to give her plenty...

The Cincinnati Zoo is officially on birth watch for its first ever baby sloth
The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden is officially on baby sloth watch. A two-toed sloth is expected to be born soon to mother Lightning, 8 and father Moe, 21, and will mark the first ever newborn sloth both for the parents and for the zoo.  Zoo officials announced Monday that Lightning's birth watch...

Injured Sloth inspires rescue centre in Venezuela
It is almost a year to the day that Haydée and Juan Carlos RodrÃguez first spotted an injured sloth lying by the side of the road while they were out on a drive. In an attempt to cross from one tree to another in the Venezuelan town of San Antonio...

How to Survive a Sloth Attack
Its camouflage worked. Now, you have fallen into the razor-sharp claws of this terrifying creature. Do not be fooled by its smiling face. You are at death's door, my friend. It’s time to fight for your life! It could only take a few minutes, or hours, for you to fall...

Sloth Sounds - Noises
Baby sloths seem to talk more often than adult sloths. They make shriek, bleat, and high-pitched squeaking sounds. The female love call is more like a high pitched squeal when trying to attract mates. Watch this compilation of the most adorable sloth sounds, from baby squeaks to the loud mating...

Baby Sloths Being Sloths
This is a compilation of the FUNNIEST and CUTEST sloth videos. Sloths are named after the capital sin of sloth because they seem slow and lazy at first glance but they really are slow compared to other animals. Sloths make good habitats for other organisms, and a single sloth may...