A baby sloth born at the San Diego Zoo snuggles up to its mother’s fur

California’s San Diego Zoo announced the recent birth of a two-toed sloth in an adorable video of a new resident snuggling up against his mother’s fur. A female Rinne, her two-toed sloth, was born to her mother Xena on Saturday, June 25, according to a zoo press release. The zoo does not release the name of the sloth. Clint Lusardi, his manager of Wildlife Care at the San Diego Zoo, said in his press release: According to a press release, the sloth cub started eating her solid food just a few days after she was born and hung upside down on her. His two-toed sloth, also known as Rinne’s his two-toed sloth, is a nocturnal mammal that lives primarily in the rainforests of Central America and northern South America, according to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. It takes several weeks for the baby to become mobile on its own. Mothers spend a lot of time and energy giving and caring for their babies, both before and after they are weaned. clinging to her mother while she sleeps, eats, and lounges in the mother’s section of The San Diego Zoo. Credit: San Diego Zoo via Storyful