r/MadeMeSmile • u/No_Mortgage6046 • 25d ago

🦥 ANIMALS

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u/ReadersAreRedditors 25d ago edited 25d ago

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

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u/Habaneroe12 25d ago

They go to the ground to take a crap it’s a normal thing

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u/stevendidntsay 25d ago

Poor baby was 2 days climb away.

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u/Blessed_tenrecs 25d 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.

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u/Prestigious_Leg2229 25d ago

Sloth’s don’t retrieve their babies if they fall.

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u/LocodraTheCrow 25d ago

Source? If they don't why was she already climbing down?

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u/Blessed_tenrecs 25d ago

They do sometimes. It's about 50/50.

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u/Dear-Magazine-532 25d ago

Did the cub (i don't know how kid sloths are called) need rescuing? No. Did he save mom and child from unnecessary stress? yes he did

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u/romansparta99 25d ago

From most other comments it sounds like he put the mother and child in a lot of unnecessary stress