Sloths are cute, exceptionally when photo-bombing a collection of students. Baby sloths are cuter, most notably when decked outside in a onesie. However a baby sloth who clings to a teddy bear and drinks milk from a syringe? Cutest, by far.The below pictures are from Burgers Zoo in Holland, where Sjakie, a newborn sloth, is clinging to a teddy bear gifted to him by one of the zookeeper’s daughters. Sjakie needs to be fed from a syringe, and takes comfort in the stuffed animal’s fur. Wineke Schoo, a biologist at the zoo, clarified to Today.com that baby sloths like to cuddle with their mothers while feeding. “It’s a natural reflex that they have that needs to be filled, exceptionally early on,” he said.Although Sjakie’s actual mother, Gema, is still alive, she has distress producing milk for her offspring. After one of her children passed away in 2011, possibly from a lack of milk, zookeepers chose to keep a close eye on Sjakie after he was born and try outside this alternative feeding method.Glance at More…
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