The Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary cares for injured and orphaned sloths in Costa Rica. They also lead sloth education efforts to improve the plight of wild sloths. From time to time, they even have a captive birth, including this baby three-toed sloth called a bradypus or pale-throated sloth.
At 2 days old, the baby bradypus weighed just 425 grams or 15 ounces!
Here the little guy tries to get a taste of what mom is eating.
At two weeks he has packed on the pounds, or pound rather, weighing 475 grams or just over 1 lb.
You can help the Sloth Sanctuary by adopting a sloth, purchasing items on their wishlist, or even visiting next time you are in the neighborhood in Costa Rica.
