WATCH: Mama sloth reunites with baby, video viral

International

oi-Deepika S

New
Delhi,
May
29:
A
cute
video
of
a
three-fingered
sloth
Mom
reuniting
with
her
baby
has
gone
viral
on
social
media.

“We
are
happy
to
announce
that
we
were
able
to
reunite
this
mother
and
baby
3-fingered
sloths
(Bradypus
variegatus),”
Jaguar
Rescue
Center
posted
on
Instagram.

“On
May
10,
one
of
the
staff
members
found
the
baby
crying
on
the
floor
near
the
beach.
He
spotted
the
mom
on
the
tree,
but
she
was
climbing
back
to
the
canopy,
so
he
brought
the
baby
for
a
check-up
with
the
vet,
the
sloth
was
healthy
and
didn’t
have
any
injuries,”
they
posted.

“We
recorded
the
cry
of
the
baby
and
played
it
near
the
tree
to
get
the
mom’s
attention,
we
waited
patiently
until
the
mom
came
down
for
the
baby,”
it
added.

“The
JRC
created
this
method
a
few
years
ago,
we
use
it
every
time
to
be
able
to
reunite
mom
and
baby
sloths.
It
melts
our
hearts
every
time
we
can
witness
the
reunion
of
a
mom
and
her
baby,”
the
post
further
stated.