These Photos Of a Baby Sloth Born By C-Section Are Too Amazing To Miss

This beautiful tiny baby was delivered after his injured mother sloth fell from a tree in Costa Rica. She underwent the operation after suffering seizures and the moment her baby was born was captured on camera. Via: Share Sloth

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The pregnant sloth was brought to the Sloth Institute Costa Rica after a local hotel worker saw her fall out of a tree. Here, she undergoes an ultrasound examination.

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After a few days, she began to have contractions and could feel the baby kicking

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the mother was taken to a vetinary practice and underwent X-rays which showed that her baby was alive but in a breach position and was on course to be born feet-first.
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For the first time ever, a c-section was performed on a sloth:

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The sloth was anaesthetised and after 30 minutes, the baby sloth’s head appeared. Here, the baby male sloth is shown shortly after birth:

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He seemed alert and curious about his new surroundings:

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He was later re-united with his injured mother:

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