Here's a picture one of our guests took of a sloth and its baby hanging out in the trees near our house here at Tree Houses. Not really sure how many times sloth give birth a year, but we seem to find our fair share of moms and kidlets around the place year-round.
The babies will hang onto the moms for quite a while, as we've seen some that are pretty good-sized, still clinging.
Mom does most of the climbing, with the youngster wrapped around the front. Occasionally, the kid will venture out a few feet on its own to get some leaves before retreating back to mom. Once the babe is a certain age, it's on its own and pretty much stays to itself--until mating time.
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