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Sri Lankan Sloth Bear

Photo by Harin Dias
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Description:

Sri Lankan Sloth bear is an endangered species and there numbers are on the decline mainly due to overpopulation and poaching.This was a very rare sighting .

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Comments (5)
Harin Dias
Hi Nuwan what is a mission I am new to this website reg Harin
NuwanChathuranga
please consider joining my mission http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8953471
Josh Asel
Truly amazing spotting. Any more pics of this guy?
Mark Ridgway
Chuti karadi. Maybe only 500 left. Finding one in the wild is special ! Great spotting. Thanks for sharing.
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PublishedJune 24, 2013

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