It’s time for a dip! The pygmy three-toed sloth is the slowest moving land mammal in the world. They move around two metres per minute! However, when swimming, they’re capable of moving around three times faster. Their diet of leaves generates large amounts of gas in the sloth’s stomach, helping to keep them buoyant. | BBC Earth

👀🦥 Look who came down from the treetops to say hello: it’s Howie, our southern two-toed sloth! He was “supervising” assistant curator Ed Smith as he trimmed the trees in Amazonia’s rainforest habitat. #NatZooZen #BringTheZooToYou #Sloth Thank you for your continued support. For more information on the Zoo’s #COVID19 response, visit our website: https://s.si.edu/2xIDkyV. | Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

🦥Baby sloth update 🦥 Newborn two-toed sloths use the stomach of their mother as a cradle and are well camouflaged in their fur so it can be quite difficult to spot them. Why not come along this bank holiday weekend to see if you can spot our new arrival? Plan your adventure today: www.belfastzoo.co.uk | Belfast Zoo

Our new Linnes two-toed sloth baby looks to be very keen to wean! Baby sloths are typically nursed for around six months, but despite our newest addition being just five-weeks-old, it is already extremely eager to try mum’s crunchy vegetables for itself! We’re still not sure of the baby’s sex, so it hasn’t got a name yet, but keepers report it is big and very confident already! | Dudley Zoo