People hold sloths because they love them. Because they’re told it’s okay. Because they’ve seen it everywhere online. But it’s not okay - and I wish more people knew that because I am sure they wouldn’t do it if they knew. Most of these sloths were taken from the wild to be sold for encounters like this. They aren’t rescued or being rehabilitated. They aren’t used to humans. They are stressed, and that stress slowly kills them. Sloths can’t fight or run, so they freeze and internalise all stress
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People hold sloths because they love them. Because they’re told it’s okay. Because they’ve seen it everywhere online. But it’s not okay - and I wish more people knew that because I am sure they wouldn’t do it if they knew. Most of these sloths were taken from the wild to be sold for encounters like this. They aren’t rescued or being rehabilitated. They aren’t used to humans. They are stressed, and that stress slowly kills them. Sloths can’t fight or run, so they freeze and internalise all stress
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