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shenmue

(38,506 posts) Fri Jul 31, 2015, 03:15 PM Jul 2015

At London Zoo, little sloth gets toy surrogate Mom

BBC story here

Squee! A little sloth gets a substitute Mom to hug and skweez.

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At London Zoo, little sloth gets toy surrogate Mom (Original Post) shenmue Jul 2015 OP

I had no idea sloths were so cute. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2015 #1

Yeah, but they look like Eric Holder TexasBushwhacker Jul 2015 #3

Picture Perfect passiveporcupine Jul 2015 #5

Even the adults are hilarious. Especially, the males when they fight - Joe Chi Minh Aug 2015 #10

squee for the adorable little slothy and squee for his caretaker's cute accent magical thyme Jul 2015 #2

sad that sloth doesn't have real mom Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 #4

So sweet - melted my heart. 840high Jul 2015 #6

We all need a mom to hug awoke_in_2003 Aug 2015 #7

(((Hugs))) shenmue Aug 2015 #8

Thanks awoke_in_2003 Aug 2015 #9

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,681 posts)

1. I had no idea sloths were so cute.

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 03:28 PM

Jul 2015

Definitely, squee! "Sloth" is also my favorite of the seven deadly sins.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,183 posts)

3. Yeah, but they look like Eric Holder

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 03:57 PM

Jul 2015

passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)

5. Picture Perfect

Reply to TexasBushwhacker (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 05:34 PM

Jul 2015

Joe Chi Minh

(15,229 posts)

10. Even the adults are hilarious. Especially, the males when they fight -

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #1)

Mon Aug 3, 2015, 03:45 PM

Aug 2015

something they ordinarily avoid.

They seem to look as if they're smiling all the time, and look a bit like a make-believe animal a toddler might draw; as Hippopotamuses always look like to me.

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)

2. squee for the adorable little slothy and squee for his caretaker's cute accent

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 03:52 PM

Jul 2015

Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)

4. sad that sloth doesn't have real mom

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 04:07 PM

Jul 2015

Cute though

840high

(17,196 posts)

6. So sweet - melted my heart.

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 08:33 PM

Jul 2015

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)

7. We all need a mom to hug

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Sun Aug 2, 2015, 01:45 AM

Aug 2015

I lost mine when I was 13, I am now 47. I still miss her beyond words.

shenmue

(38,506 posts)

8. (((Hugs)))

Reply to awoke_in_2003 (Reply #7)

Sun Aug 2, 2015, 11:41 AM

Aug 2015

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)

9. Thanks

Reply to shenmue (Reply #8)

Sun Aug 2, 2015, 11:57 AM

Aug 2015

I didn't mean to bring the room down. I had a couple on me and got kinda sentimental

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