Sloth mother and baby in Costa Rican tree

A mother sloth and baby cling to a tree branch in Costa Rica.
A mother sloth and baby cling to a tree branch in Costa Rica.

A mother sloth and her young cling to a tree in Costa Rica. The pair are among the arboreal mammals native to the country’s tropical forests, where sloths spend much of their time resting in the canopy and feeding on leaves.

Photo taken in February 2019.

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