Tuesday, July 28, 2009

it's a sloth, if you're wondering

We visited the Vancouver Aquarium recently to visit our old friend the tropical sloth (I don't think it has a name?). Took awhile to spot it, since it was hiding way up high among the tree blossoms. I tried to get the best photo I could... waited and waited, and then it occurred to me that.. oh yah, it's a sloth... it's going to take forever to move and turn to even face me. So short of poking it with a stick (which is not allowed of course), I would have had to wait a long long time in that tropical heat. So this is the resulting photo... a mysterious fur ball in some branches... I am not even sure which side is the head... I think the top?
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18 comments:

  1. MarniJuly 28, 2009 at 8:37 AM

    Cool photo, even if you're not sure where it's head is! LOL!

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  2. UnknownJuly 28, 2009 at 8:42 AM

    Great picture! I went to the Indianapolis zoo yesterday and saw one as well! So cool!

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  3. LoveLeeSoapsJuly 28, 2009 at 8:51 AM

    Neat photo!

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  4. MalloryJuly 28, 2009 at 9:27 AM

    i love watching sloths, even if they don't do much. they're pretty rare to find at zoos in my experience though... yet another reason i want to go to vancouver.

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  5. readingsully2July 28, 2009 at 9:56 AM

    Neat, Valerie.

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  6. StaceyJuly 28, 2009 at 10:40 AM

    I really like sloths, they know how to relax and take life slowly.

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  7. our little love nestJuly 28, 2009 at 10:52 AM

    I am so loving the fuzzy hairball! xoxo

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  8. AnonymousJuly 28, 2009 at 1:43 PM

    I live in MN and there is one at the Como Conservatory...I think. It might be fake, it really NEVER EVER moves!

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  9. Kate8085July 28, 2009 at 1:57 PM

    You are always introducing me to new animals. I love it!
    He was a little camera shy I think.

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  10. Beth BentleyJuly 28, 2009 at 3:53 PM

    That is very interesting, never seen one before.

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  11. Little Gray PixelJuly 28, 2009 at 4:10 PM

    I always do the same thing at zoo, try to direct the animals so I can take the perfect shot. Yeah, it never happens, despite my best coaxing. :-)

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  12. AnonymousJuly 28, 2009 at 4:33 PM

    They have a sloth in the Denver zoo that's not even in a cage, it just has a room that it lives in because everyone knows its not going anywhere. It's my favorite exhibit.

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  13. Rosy RevolverJuly 28, 2009 at 6:18 PM

    oh, i want one!! really any animal with fur and tail is cute to me . . . great photo, no face needed!

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  14. SamanthaJuly 28, 2009 at 6:33 PM

    Aw, I love sloths. :)

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  15. Kylie BowersJuly 29, 2009 at 4:37 AM

    Oh wow neat photo :)

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  16. UnknownJuly 29, 2009 at 7:43 AM

    There's something about that whole paragraph that cracks me up; the cute resident sloth, the waiting for it to move and the poking it with a stick... Love sloths.

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  17. Nicomi Nix TurnerJuly 30, 2009 at 10:58 AM

    Sllloth!!! I want to touch one so bad. I heard they are actually pretty viscous (from an unreliable source of a 9 year old)...Or was that a koala bear? One of the two :)

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  18. a.b.July 31, 2009 at 1:53 PM

    Aww...love it. My husband held a sloth in Peru last year. He's very slow (not mentally or anything, just...in general, hahaa) and they became good friends for 5min.

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