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

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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

  

  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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