Diaries – The Sloth Institute http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org Save A Sloth, Save A Tree, Safe A Forest Tue, 21 Apr 2020 18:25:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.2 http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/cropped-TSI-New-Logo-32x32.png Diaries – The Sloth Institute http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org 32 32 Say “Hello!” to Ron http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/say-hello-to-ron/ http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/say-hello-to-ron/#respond Tue, 21 Apr 2020 18:25:15 +0000 http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/?p=3102 Our friends at Alturas Wildlife Sanctuary asked us to take in this young, 3-fingered male who had been found on the ground at Hacienda Baru Wildlife Refuge. He was a… read more →

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]]> http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/say-hello-to-ron/feed/ 0 Meet Charlie! http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/meet-charlie/ http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/meet-charlie/#respond Mon, 13 Apr 2020 19:21:52 +0000 http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/?p=3099 Meet Charlie! He is a 3-fingered juvenile male sloth that was found by a few good samaritans tourists. He was sitting almost on the ground and had not moved from… read more →

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]]> http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/meet-charlie/feed/ 0 Get to know Mildred! http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/get-to-know-mildred/ http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/get-to-know-mildred/#respond Fri, 03 Apr 2020 18:21:40 +0000 http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/?p=3095 Meet Mildred! Recently we received a call about a three-fingered female sloth that was on the ground at a beach in Manuel, Antonio. She could barely move and was very… read more →

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]]> http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/get-to-know-mildred/feed/ 0 Learn about Alan! http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/learn-about-alan/ http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/learn-about-alan/#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2020 12:45:30 +0000 http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/?p=3074 The post Learn about Alan! appeared first on The Sloth Institute.

]]> http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/learn-about-alan/feed/ 0 “The Cute Curse”: If you love sloths, here’s why you should say NO to holding one http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/the-cute-curse/ http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/the-cute-curse/#respond Fri, 13 Mar 2020 09:07:33 +0000 http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/?p=3030 This is a special contribution by TSI Sloth Director/Co-founder, Sam Trull, who travelled to Roatan, Honduras in May 2019.  

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]]> http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/stopanimalselfies/feed/ 0 All In A Day’s (And Night’s) Work http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/all-in-a-days-and-nights-work/ http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/all-in-a-days-and-nights-work/#respond Sat, 08 Feb 2020 00:22:28 +0000 http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/?p=3010 Since sloths are cathemeral, which means they are active day and night, TSI’s sloth team have adapted to be cathemeral too! Here is a sloth rescued in the daytime. We… read more →

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]]> http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/all-in-a-days-and-nights-work/feed/ 0 TSI’s Top 5 Favorite Rescue Stories of 2019 http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/tsis-top-5-favorite-rescue-stories-of-2019/ http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/tsis-top-5-favorite-rescue-stories-of-2019/#respond Fri, 03 Jan 2020 17:13:56 +0000 http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/?p=2987 The post TSI’s Top 5 Favorite Rescue Stories of 2019 appeared first on The Sloth Institute.

]]> http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/tsis-top-5-favorite-rescue-stories-of-2019/feed/ 0 Introducing TSI’s Holiday Baby, L’il Sebastian! http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/introducing-tsis-holiday-baby-lil-sebastian/ http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/introducing-tsis-holiday-baby-lil-sebastian/#respond Thu, 19 Dec 2019 21:06:39 +0000 http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/?p=2956 Lil Sebastian is about 3-4 weeks old now. He was found 2 weeks ago on the forest floor covered in ticks, dirt and with diarrhea. We don’t know what happened… read more →

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]]> http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/introducing-tsis-holiday-baby-lil-sebastian/feed/ 0 Slash the two-fingered Sloth http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/slash-the-two-fingered-sloth/ http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/slash-the-two-fingered-sloth/#respond Fri, 22 Nov 2019 08:41:36 +0000 http://www.theslothinstitutecostarica.org/?p=2938 Slash is a young, two-fingered male sloth who was found extremely thin and dehydrated by firefighters in a local neighborhood. When sloths are dehydrated they can get constipated and when… read more →

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