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LakeArenal

(29,949 posts) Thu Feb 27, 2020, 06:02 PM Feb 2020

This photographer caught this once in a life time

Of a sloth giving birth.
I don’t know how to post the actual video.

https://www.facebook.com/100008187570162/posts/2658305274452366/?d=n

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This photographer caught this once in a life time (Original Post) LakeArenal Feb 2020 OP

That was amazing! I do wish the photographer had pulled back just a little. CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2020 #1

Great capture, of a wonderful female multitasking. Fla Dem Feb 2020 #2

Well, that tested my patience! Arboreal births bad concept. Thank goodness for umbilical Karadeniz Feb 2020 #3

Please remember that not everyone is on FaceBook. Haggis for Breakfast Feb 2020 #4

I'm not on FaceBook. 🤷🏼‍♀️ LakeArenal Feb 2020 #6

You must be able to access FaceBook to SEE the link. Haggis for Breakfast Feb 2020 #7

I feel icky when I go there, too Warpy Mar 2020 #8

Good night! That made me gasp. Laffy Kat Feb 2020 #5

CaliforniaPeggy

(156,985 posts)

1. That was amazing! I do wish the photographer had pulled back just a little.

Reply to LakeArenal (Original post)

Thu Feb 27, 2020, 06:06 PM

Feb 2020

He'd zoomed in so much that it was difficult to tell just what was happening.

Wow!

Fla Dem

(27,772 posts)

2. Great capture, of a wonderful female multitasking.

Reply to LakeArenal (Original post)

Thu Feb 27, 2020, 07:10 PM

Feb 2020

Karadeniz

(24,763 posts)

3. Well, that tested my patience! Arboreal births bad concept. Thank goodness for umbilical

Reply to LakeArenal (Original post)

Fri Feb 28, 2020, 08:26 PM

Feb 2020

Cords..but then baby spent too much time with the sac over its head! Next time someone posts a sloth birth, I'll know to take an antianxiety pill first!

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)

4. Please remember that not everyone is on FaceBook.

Reply to LakeArenal (Original post)

Fri Feb 28, 2020, 11:57 PM

Feb 2020

Some of us are not on any social media platforms.

LakeArenal

(29,949 posts)

6. I'm not on FaceBook. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Reply to Haggis for Breakfast (Reply #4)

Sat Feb 29, 2020, 12:14 AM

Feb 2020

So I’m not sure what you mean.

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)

7. You must be able to access FaceBook to SEE the link.

Reply to LakeArenal (Reply #6)

Sat Feb 29, 2020, 12:22 AM

Feb 2020

When I tried to see it, it sent me straight to FB. The link even starts out -- www.facebook . . . . . .

Warpy

(114,671 posts)

8. I feel icky when I go there, too

Reply to LakeArenal (Reply #6)

Sun Mar 1, 2020, 03:59 AM

Mar 2020

like I want to Clorox my keyboard to get any Zuckerman cooties off it.

The video and others by other photographers is over at You Tube, just search "Sloth birth" and be prepared to be shocked by how many there are. Apparently this one was shot at a zoo.

Laffy Kat

(16,990 posts)

5. Good night! That made me gasp.

Reply to LakeArenal (Original post)

Sat Feb 29, 2020, 12:07 AM

Feb 2020

I guess mamma sloth knows what she's doing.

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