What a Baby Sloth Crawling looks like | The Sloth Conservation Foundation

Mango was rescued one stormy day in May when we accidentally discovered a damp little ball of fur huddled on the ground– cold, wet, and seemingly abandoned. With no mum in sight, he was paired up with SloCo’s stuffed sloth mascot (Jim), where little Mango warmed up and promptly fell asleep. The Urban Sloth Project is our latest scientific research project concerning sloth ecology, studying how habitat urbanization impacts sloth health and behavior. For the next five years, we’ll be monitoring 32 wild sloths: 16 three-fingered and 16 two-fingered sloths. Some live in town, close to restaurants and parties, while others live by busy roads, and a lucky few live the dream in healthy, untouched rainforest.