Baby Sloth Born At Fota Wildlife Park In Cork

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The genders not known yet, but it was born on April 30th to mammy Tatya and daddy Matheo after six months.

Fota Wildlife has announced the birth of a baby Linns two-toed sloth.

This little one is already pulling at food and leaves but it is not leaving the safety of its mam just yet.

Sloths are the only mammals whose hair grows in the opposite direction from the hair of other mammals.

Lead Ranger, Julien Fonteneau says it is difficult to get a look of the baby because sloths are naturally nocturnal.

Sloths are native to South America and eat, sleep, mate, and give birth from their upside-down position high among the branches.

It is the first sloth that has ever been born in the Park.

The baby will cling onto its mams belly for about five weeks, until it is strong enough to move around on its own.

It has recently re-opened after a Covid closure.

To accommodate their upside-down lifestyle, the hair parts in the middle of the belly and grows upward towards the back. The hair on the face points upward, allowing water to run off during rainstorms.

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Baby sloth (who has yet to be named but more on that in a sec!) can be seen at the Tropical House in the park.