Three-Toed Sloth Rescue Video in Limon Costa Rica
A Thunderstorm Knocked Stinky, the Three-Toed Sloth from a Tree
I recently had some events happen here on the farm that were cause for great distress but as you know periods of great distress are often followed by relief and happiness. When the storms come here there is no advanced notice. The sky turns dark and then rain just shoots from the sky using all the gravity that it can contain. I believe that it could bruise a very thin person. The streams up in the mountains burst open and send all the water down to the creeks. These rains have taken out our bridge several times and there are many bridges here in Costa Rica that have been out for years.
This video details a heroic sloth rescue during one of these major storms. The sloth had fallen from a tree and was trapped under a heavy branch. The dogs were barking at it and it couldn’t move on its own. It had to be rescued. Luckily, I saw the entire thing. I didn’t know it at the time but the sloth was pregnant when she fell. Watch the video to see the baby born only a month after the fall.