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Buttercup the sloth

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Field Notes

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.

Species ID Suggestions

Three-Fingered Sloth

Bradypus variegatus

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Mary Alliston Butt
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Comments (13)
Grace M.
I feel bad for her. I hope she recovers.
Bobcat cub
Ok thanks I don't remember what type of Sloth she is my family hasn't been in Costa Rica for six months
Jellis
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
Thanks @ Jellis and by to way the sloth is a three toed sloth.
Jellis
So cute but maybe you want to add what kind of sloth it is. It is a Three-toed Sloth, Bradypus tridactylus
Leuba Ridgway
Good to know about the sanctuary. Lovely spotting !
Grace M.
Was this sloth injured somehow ?
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PublishedMarch 14, 2016

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