A new baby sloth has been born at Jersey Zoo. Durrell said the Linne's two-toed sloth was born on Wednesday 15 January and that its sloth house would remain closed for mum Terry and her baby to bond.

Sloths mate and give birth while hanging in the trees. Three-toed sloth babies are often seen clinging to their mothers—they travel by hanging on to them for the first nine months of their lives.

Sloths mate and give birth while hanging in the trees. Young two-toed sloths are often seen clinging to their mothers; they travel by hanging onto them for the first five weeks of their lives.

The baby sloth was born on 15 January and its 23-year-old father Terry was put to sleep on 23 January. Credit: ITV Channel Jersey Zoo has announced bittersweet news about the birth of a new baby ...

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