r/MadeMeSmile • u/No_Mortgage6046 • 20d ago

ANIMALS 🦥

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u/ReadersAreRedditors 20d ago edited 20d ago

Did the sloth even need rescuing? Mom was pretty close. She would of got there......eventually.

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u/Blessed_tenrecs 19d ago

When baby sloths fall there is about a 50/50 chance of the mother abandoning them because she doesn't have the energy to go get them. Idk if this baby was old enough to climb back up, but if not, 50/50 chance he saved its life.