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Baby Sloth Spends Summer Day Snuggling With Mom at Rhode Island Zoo

A sleepy Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth took time out of her busy schedule snuggling with her baby at Roger Williams Park Zoo & Carousel Village in Providence, Rhode Island, to open an eye and gaze at a zookeeper, footage shared on July 6 shows.

Footage released by the zoo July 6 shows mom Fiona and her baby dozing in their enclosure.

Fiona gave birth to the baby sloth at the zoo on May 13. Zoo staff said they will reveal the name of the baby sloth this week. Credit: Roger Williams Park Zoo & Carousel Village via Storyful