Sid's Move

In the previous post I included a shot of Sid, a Linnaeus's (Linnie's) two-toed sloth, being carried by a keeper. Here's more of the story.

There's a shelter in the yard where there is sometimes a sloth,  capybaras, or other animals. There's a sloth basket just under the roof. When I arrived, Sid had made his way to a front post of the shelter, near the fence.

Sid shinnies down the post.

From here he can reach the fence.

Sid makes his way along the fence.

He was not supposed to do that, so a keeper hung him back up. His basket is at the top left.

Sid makes his way to the other post near the fence.

Sid reaches for the fence.

Sid clambers along the fence.

 

Sloths are not made for the ground.

A different keeper--the one in the previous post--came out to hang Sid up again. She wasn't sure why he was doing this. His food had been changed, and he liked it, so maybe he was trying to go inside to get some.

2023 Part 5: Different

Sometimes I'm not so animal-focused.

Okay, there's an animal here, but the interesting thing is sloth transport. (In my backlog, I have photos of Sid leaving his basket and going where he wants to go. Here, the Columbus Zoo keeper returns him to its basket. See post.)

turkey vulture on top

Equipment envy

My camera shoots 8 frames per second at its fastest, and I got lucky with the puck in the net but still in the air.

Toledo's North American river otters do backflips, and the kids love it!

Pumpkin chomp for the Toledo Zoo's hippo heads.

Autofocus found the crud on the polar bears' glass in Toledo. I decided to call it art.