Meet the Sloths
Meet The Sloths follows a year in the life of five slow-moving residents of the Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica, a sanctuary dedicated to saving orphaned or injured sloths. Filmmaker Lucy Cooke headed to the sanctuary to follow the stories of these loveable and unique creatures. And, apart from filming adorable videos – including one that’s got two million hits on YouTube – she has captured a unique insight into these very secretive animals. The stories demonstrate the difficulty in caring for sloths, and stories include: baby sloth twins fighting for survival, an injured and sexually frustrated ex-lothario sloth called, naturally, Randy and at the oldest living sloth in captivity that has lived to the ripe old age of 20-years-old. Over a year in their company Lucy watches as an unlikely soap opera of love, loss and lust develops and learns first hand that although slow on their feet, a sloths life is anything but slothful.
A year in the life of five slow-moving residents of the Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica, a place dedicated to saving orphaned or injured sloths. Buttercup gets a new throne, a romance develops between two three-toed bradypuses, and the resident scientist gets to the bottom of the ugly business of sloth digestion.
An emergency rescue puts sanctuary vet Marcello on the spot, a love triangle leaves bradypus Samantha marginalised, and the resident scientist puts sloth speed to the test.
Sensitive Linus hits a rocky patch when the nursery manager has to leave the sanctuary, and the resident scientist reveals which of the species is a natural born swimmer.
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| Language | English |
| Release | 2013-11-13 |
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