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COLORADO SPRINGS — The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo has announced the arrival of a baby Hoffmann's two-toed sloth! The zoo says it has dark brown eyes and a pinkish-brown furless face. The baby's sex ...

Baby sloths are sometimes called “pups,” “infants,” or even “slow-bies,” but this one can definitely be called “adorable,” with its dark brown eyes and pinkish-brown furless face.

The sloth was born on Dec. 18 ... “Aysan has been a great first-time mom, grooming the baby by licking its face, which is so sweet. She and the baby have been bonding well.

A 2017 study showed only 48 individuals left in the wild, and there are likely fewer alive now. The sloths face destruction of their forest habitat, opportunistic hunting, increased genetic inbreeding ...

The Hoffmann's two-toed baby sloth, sometimes called a "slow-bies," was born Dec. 18. The zoo staff immediately fawned over its dark brown eyes and "perfect" pinkish-brown furless face.