e. It is a private 30 to 45 minute encounter with mo are sloth are two toed sloth and guests can expect Thio take close up pictures of mode they're able to touch mo.
Baby on board: Cincinnati Zoo's sloth couple is expecting
Updated: 1:59 PM EST Feb 24, 2021
The Cincinnati Zoo's sloth couple is expecting. Lightning the sloth is pregnant, zoo officials announced Wednesday on Facebook. She's the live-in partner of Moe, a longtime resident of the zoo.Moe, 21, and Lightning, 8, are both two-toed sloths. An ultrasound confirms that Lightning is expecting. Lightning became pregnant around October, and gestation for a sloth is around 10 to 11 months. So expect a pup between August and mid-November. This is the first sloth baby for the Cincinnati Zoo.Moe and Lightning have been together since 2019, taking it slow. Things are going well for the pair, zoo officials said, but as you might expect with sloth courtship, the couple is taking their time.The couple lives at the zoo's Discovery Forest. Renovations to their treetop habitat began last year, giving the sloth more room to roam -- and room for a mate.
The Cincinnati Zoo's sloth couple is expecting.
Lightning the sloth is pregnant, zoo officials announced Wednesday on Facebook. She's the live-in partner of Moe, a longtime resident of the zoo.
Moe, 21, and Lightning, 8, are both two-toed sloths. An ultrasound confirms that Lightning is expecting.
Lightning became pregnant around October, and gestation for a sloth is around 10 to 11 months. So expect a pup between August and mid-November.
This is the first sloth baby for the Cincinnati Zoo.
Moe and Lightning have been together since 2019, taking it slow. Things are going well for the pair, zoo officials said, but as you might expect with sloth courtship, the couple is taking their time.
The couple lives at the zoo's Discovery Forest. Renovations to their treetop habitat began last year, giving the sloth more room to roam -- and room for a mate.
Source link
