The Kids Saving the Rainforest Sanctuary in Costa Rica found an injured pregnant sloth after she fell out of a tree:
The sloth was badly injured… The baby had breached, or flipped over in the mother’s uterus. The only way to save it was to remove it via a C-section. The 30-minute procedure saved both the mother and child’s lives, although the baby sloth is currently struggling with some lung problems. This is the first known sloth C-section.
Read the entire article here.
Unfortunately, I’ve now found out that
“the baby had a heart murmur and possible lung problems, and was not feeding properly. It died on 8 October, a week after its birth. The mother seemed to be improving but then had a stroke. She died the day after the baby.” (http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141013-baby-sloth-born-by-caesarean?ocid=fbert). Sad news.
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