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PUERTO VIEJO DE TALAMANCA, <\/strong>COSTA RICA <\/p>\n\n

Meet Mango and Jim. <\/p>\n\n

Mango, the real sloth (specifically a brown-throated, three-fingered sloth or Bradypus variegatus) <\/em>in this cosy scene, was found on the forest floor in Costa Rica during a storm. Jim is the cuddly toy playing parent. <\/p>\n\n

Mango was rescued by Dr Rebecca Cliffe of the Sloth Conservation Society. <\/p>\n\n

\u201cHe was only about six months old, freezing cold and making cries to try to find his mum. But she wasn\u2019t around,\u201d says Cliffe. <\/p>\n\n

So she warmed Mango up, gave him some food and left him in the capable hands of Jim while they waited for the storm to pass. \u201cJim\u2019s our surrogate sloth dad. We use a stuffed sloth because it\u2019s always good to minimise direct human contact with wild animals.\u201d <\/p>\n\n

Mango was fitted with a tracking collar and released where he was found. <\/p>\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re still monitoring him to this day,\u201d says Cliffe. <\/p>\n\n

\u201cHe\u2019s really quite lovely.\u201d <\/p>\n\n

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