![]() The hair on the face points upward, allowing water to run off during rainstorms. To accommodate their upside-down lifestyle, the hair parts in the middle of the belly and grows upward towards the back. Sloths are the only mammals whose hair grows in the opposite direction from the hair of other mammals. Sloths are native to South America and eat, sleep, mate, and give birth from their upside-down position high among the branches. The little one is already pulling at leaves and other foods we give to the adults, although not leaving the mother’s safety on its own yet.” Young sloths will cling to their mother’s belly for approximately five weeks until they have the strength to move on their own. Not only does the Wildlife Park have great success breeding the fastest land animal and the tallest land animal in the world, and now also with the world’s slowest moving animal, the sloth.ĭue to the nocturnal nature of the sloth, getting a glimpse of the baby can be elusive. Lead Ranger, Julien Fonteneau said “Fota Wildlife Park is delighted to announce the birth of a baby sloth. Mother Talyta, who is three years old, came from Papiliorama Swiss Tropical Gardens to Fota Wildlife Park in November 2020 Matheo, who is four and a half years old, was transferred from Wilhelma Zoo, Stuttgart, Germany, to Fota Wildlife Park in 2019. The public can view the baby sloth in the Tropical House, which recently reopened to the public after closure due to the Covid pandemic.įota Wildlife Park is calling on the public to help name the baby sloth (entries now closed) and to be in with a chance to win a conservation annual pass. The baby, whose gender is still unknown, was born on the 30th of April to mother Talyta and father Matheo after a gestation of six months. Fota Wildlife Park today announced the birth of the first-ever Linné’s two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) to be born in the Wildlife Park.
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