Watch: Mama Sloth Gives Birth On Tree Top, Baby Hangs By Umbilical Cord Before She Pulls It Up
The video was shot in La Fortuna Costa Rica by tour guide Steven Vela. The founder of Costa Ricas Sloth Conservation Foundation Dr Rebecca Cliffe said it is very rare to film a three-fingered sloth giving birth.
One never thinks how mother animals giving birth in nature manage to do it all alone - a viral video of a mother sloth giving birth to a young one just adds more awe to the whole process.
The footage shows a sloth giving birth, very high up a tree as some people watched, terrified.
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But the birth of baby sloth was not the only point of apprehension, it is what happened after that.
After the birth, the baby sloth could be seen hanging by its mother's umbilical cord. It stayed suspended like that for quite some time before the mother scooped it back and gave it a hug.
The video was shot in La Fortuna, Costa Rica by tour guide Steven Vela. ¡°I could not believe what I was seeing. I was super excited. We were at the right moment and at the right time. I guess I will never see anything like that again,¡± he said.
The founder of Costa Rica's Sloth Conservation Foundation, Dr Rebecca Cliffe, said that it is very rare to film a three-fingered sloth giving birth.
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"To see a three-fingered sloth give birth is something that very few people have been lucky enough to witness. Sloths are secretive animals that live high in the rainforest canopy and specialize in camouflage. To just see one in the wild is lucky, but to observe one giving birth out in the open is very special," she was quoted as saying by CNN.
Nature looks out for its babies, and how!
