BABY SLOTH SAFE AFTER GETTING HIMSELF IN REAL JAM
THIS baby sloth really was caught between a rock and a hard place.
The rare two-toed sloth was soaked in sea water and had sand in its eyes when it was found by the ocean wedged between two boulders at Punta Tigre, in the Central American country of Costa Rica.
The young animal was noticeably shaken up after surviving a high tide and storms from the night before.
Dirk Morgan, from Ohio, said: “We own a lodge in a remote section of Costa Rica. Our guest told us of a baby sloth that they saw. We ran down to find it before it died and scared off a couple of dogs who were about to run up on it. It appeared tired and scared and began to cry out to us as we approached.
“With no adult sloths in sight we carefully placed him in a box with a towel then took him back to the lodge and rinsed the salt water off its face. We then took the baby sloth to the animal rescue centre just down the road. He seemed to be fine and happy to be dried off and safe.’’