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I didn’t know sloths could swim, but according to Wikipedia, most mammals can swim by instinct if they need to. This little guy does a pretty good job, although slowly as you would expect. The video was recorded near Isla Cristobal in Panama. -via Arbroath
Could it be that they are saved by their sheer cuteness? I want one.
Our guide grabbed him by the scruff of the neck, showed him to everyone on board, then sent him overboard again behind the boat.
I think what saves them is that they had up in trees 9/10 of their lives.
but sloths are actually relatively very good swimmers, its not a rare occasion, they live in the rain forest and when it floods they tend to come down and look for new trees and food
they actually swim better than they walk
John Lennon said it best... "Let it be".
An over-moneyed "big ugly dumb North American" who is "out boating" sees a native animal doing what it is supposed to do, and has to molest it.
Look, but don't touch.