THE WORLDS ANGRIEST SLOTH !!

 Beware of the Angry Sloth

Last week we were lucly enough to be able to escape the City and explore our new and exciting wildlife watching paradise of Jaguarland Reserve.  The aim was to set up camera traps as well as monitor wildlife in the region. 

The first day we had glorious weather which quickly turned bad and we had heavy rains for the next day and a half. Thanksfully it cleared up and we are able to continue with our wildlife watching and we observed many different animals with the highlights being a Jaguar, Tapirs, Ocelots and quiet possibly the worlds angriest Sloth. 

We saw a large male Sloth crawling in an area where we had seen farm dogs the day before so decided to put it in a tree out of harms reach of the dogs. What we didnt expect was the aggression this Sloth showed and never in 7 years of nearly daily encounters with these usual gentle creatures have we seen a Sloth with this type of attitude. We assume that he was in search of a mate which could of explained his anger to our presence. 

 

The good news is that after a slight struggle we safely put the Sloth back in a tree and we hope to see this Sloth during future travels. 

** Its very important to note that we NEVER recommend handling Sloths unless its required and only if you have knowledge in handling them. Sloths also they seem gentle have incredible strength and their claws can easily inflict serious damage and harm to humans.