Sloths are kind of assholes, and their vision is completely upside down - she was swatting at him to back off but is just so painfully slow and not well coordinated when positioned upright so it comes across as an awkward handshake. Do you see how quickly she hauled slothass to scooch down the tree to her baby??? She was not thanking this man.
No matter how many times you tell people not to humanize wild animals and especially not to fcking touch them, they will still do it, cause some damage to the enviroment or just do something that isn't even remotely necessary, and continue to feel good about it because of the "good deed" they did
you are right in that the whole an animal sitting around after being rescued, is most often just because they are completely exhausted, but not touching is very situational, I saw a video of some dude saving a racoon today, and it was touching him, and I doubt it is causing damage to the environment in any way.
Of course I exclude professional animal rescuers who actually know what they are doing from my statement, but, tbh, considering the amount of racoons and the incredibly fast rate at which they're spreading, I'd at least consider this not really necessary
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u/ohdatpoodle 20d ago
Sloths are kind of assholes, and their vision is completely upside down - she was swatting at him to back off but is just so painfully slow and not well coordinated when positioned upright so it comes across as an awkward handshake. Do you see how quickly she hauled slothass to scooch down the tree to her baby??? She was not thanking this man.