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Buttercup the sloth

Description:

We went to a Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica. they save baby sloths and raise them and care for them the rest of their lives. if you want more details, just ask!! :P

Habitat:

Cost Rica.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Three-Fingered Sloth
Bradypus variegatus About sloths — Sloth Sanctuary of Costa Rica


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13 Comments

Bobcat cub
Bobcat cub 8 years ago

But thanks!!!

Bobcat cub
Bobcat cub 8 years ago

Even if she does she can't go back

Grace M.
Grace M. 8 years ago

I feel bad for her. I hope she recovers.

Bobcat cub
Bobcat cub 8 years ago

Ok thanks I don't remember what type of Sloth she is my family hasn't been in Costa Rica for six months

Jellis
Jellis 8 years ago

Yes but others may not know. There other species of Sloths. This is actually a pale throated. The others are:
Pygmy three-toed sloth (Bradypus pygmaeus)
Maned sloth (Bradypus torquatus)
Brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus)
Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus)
Hoffman’s two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni)

Bobcat cub
Bobcat cub 8 years ago

Thanks @ Jellis and by to way the sloth is a three toed sloth.

Bobcat cub
Bobcat cub 8 years ago

Thanks @ Mark Ridgway

Jellis
Jellis 8 years ago

So cute but maybe you want to add what kind of sloth it is. It is a
Three-toed Sloth, Bradypus tridactylus

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 8 years ago

Sweet spotting.

Bobcat cub
Bobcat cub 8 years ago

Thanks

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 8 years ago

Good to know about the sanctuary. Lovely spotting !

Bobcat cub
Bobcat cub 8 years ago

Yes she was one only had one arm

Grace M.
Grace M. 8 years ago

Was this sloth injured somehow ?



Bobcat cub
Spotted by
Bobcat cub

Valle La Estrella, Limón, Costa Rica

Spotted on Mar 14, 2016
Submitted on Mar 14, 2016

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