Sloth escapes from wildlife park and strolls into town

This curious sloth surprised neighbours of the Peruvian town of Pucallpa, after he wandered in in the early hours of the morning.

The animal was first noticed by a shop owner as he was about to open for business.

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He noticed the wild animal hanging around and called wildlife personnel to come and help.

Sloths are a critically endangered species, mainly because of human threats and predators

The animals move only when necessary and even then it's very slow progress. They also spend between 15 and 20 hours a day asleep.

They aren't very social and rarely come into contact with humans

Eventually authorities came to the area to take the animal back to the natural park of the city where he had escaped from.