A 6-year-old, two-toed sloth unexpectedly went into labor in her zoo exhibit in front of zoo goers on Wednesday, April 2 ...

Visitors at the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory in St. Paul, Minnesota, were treated to an unexpected surprise on Wednesday, ...

As it turns out, it’s easy to miss when a sloth is expecting. Something similar happened at the Hattiesburg Zoo in 2018 when ...

The mom and baby sloth remain on exhibit as they bond. Female sloths typically spend up to a year raising their babies.

They say a female sloth will typically spend up to a year raising her baby. "Right now, we're just enjoying watching the baby bond with Sago," Erzar added. "It will be a while before we know if we ...

The baby will remain attached to Sago for around six months, nursing throughout the day. A female sloth typically spends up to a year raising her baby. Sago and Ziggy share an exhibit with Como ...

A Minnesota zoo received a surprise visitor last week to the delight of staff and visitors. On Wednesday afternoon a baby two ...

“Female sloths typically spend up to a year raising their young,” the zoo said in a statement. Erzar said that because Sago prefers one-on-one bonding time, the baby sloth has yet to meet ...

The baby sloth was born to a 6-year-old female named Sago and a 3-year-old male named Ziggy. “We’re kind of in shock,” said Jill Erzar, senior zookeeper. Sloths usually give birth at night ...

Mother Sago, 6, and father Ziggy, 3, are Hoffman’s two-toed sloths that arrived at Como Zoo, located in St. Paul, in spring of 2023 as part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Species Survival ...