Boy? Girl? It’s a… sloth! After an 11-month pregnancy, Beanie the two-toed sloth gave birth about a month ago at Elmwood Park Zoo in Norristown. Typically, the gender of a sloth isn’t determined until they are about a year old. So for now, the newborn sloth is being called Beanie’s Baby. The month-old sloth made its public debut at the zoo on Tuesday. Beanie was transferred to Elmwood Park Zoo from a zoo in Rhode Island when she was about six months pregnant. “The safest time to transport them t

193K views · 5.2K reactions | A baby sloth has been born at Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park in Edgbaston. Saffie is a very attentive mother and is taking special care of her first youngster. | Birmingham Updates | Facebook

A Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth born at Brevard Zoo on May 12 is receiving specialized attention from animal care staff after the baby’s mother, Tango, was not interested in looking after the little one, and attempts to reunite the pair were unsuccessful. The yet-to-be-named newborn, who was fathered by Dustin, is bottle-fed goat’s milk every three hours around the clock. Because young sloths typically cling to their mothers at this age, the baby was given a variety of stuffed animals to hold. Zoo s