Sloth in the middle of a park!

in #animalphotography6 years ago (edited)

So I was walking around the city landmarks in old town Cartagena, Colombia today with some new friends I met at the hostel I am currently staying at. We decided to walk through a park on our way back so that we could watch Argentina play against Croatia - little did we know how the game would turn out...

However, as we did begin to walk through I noticed that the tree had some claws sticking out, which is weird and most probably part of the tree. THEN BOOM! A god-damn sloth sitting at the base of a tree in the middle of a busy park in the middle of old town Cartagena... WHAT..?!?! I was somewhat taken back to say the least and decided to attempt to take a few photos. However, I only had my wide angle lens on me and not my telephoto lens, which meant this is the best up close shot I could manage. I wanted to get closer and put the camera a lot closer to this slow moving mammal BUT I also did not want to add any stress to this beautiful guy, as he went about his day.


Not going to lie - pretty awesome way to start my first day in Cartagena


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Oh my @thomasjmitchell. What an amazing photograph. It's just brilliant! 😊

It's almost like someone put a toy bear on the tree. 😂

Gillian, that is what I was thinking too! Great picture @thomasjmitchell

Great minds think alike @sjarvie5. It's such an unusual and lovely shot. 😊

At first that is what I thought until it slowly moved its head around..

At first that is what
I thought until it slowly
Moved its head around..

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Holy shit! A god-damn sloth is for sure!
It almost looks fake! hahah

How cool is that though. They are such weird animals 😊

Yeah, crazy and random encounter! I wasn't exactly expecting to see it in a park in the middle of the city

Wow what an amazing photo. Even with the wide lens this is absolutely picture perfect. I feel like I'm there! He's too cute!!

It was far a random and awesome little experience in the middle of Cartagena. I am happy you enjoyed the photo

Wow! They don't even look real - just an oversized stuffed toy. What an amazing moment - and well shot, in spite of the personal critique.

Exactly! It took me a few moments to actually realize that it was indeed a real life animal hugging that tree

Awesome! I really liked that sloth. luv it
First I saw this is an artificial sloth but I think this a real

haha! I thought the exact thing but as I got closer it was turning its head around. Mind you it was moving very, very slowly but I guarantee it is real

Amazing! :-)

cool photos really
sloths are great animals, it is a pity that they are threatened with extinction and the less is their loss

Thanks! I am glad you enjoyed the photo. It is really sad that they are threatened

wow that's great, beautiful animal, it's a three-finger sloth, good photography, greetings @thomasjmitchell

Thanks! I am glad you enjoyed the post! It is?? My sloth ID is non-existent at the moment

I love sloths so much. They are such cool smiley creatures!

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I'm not sure why you think that. Maybe you need more macaroni and cheese.

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That they are! it was a great and random encounter today

He clearly loves that tree

Great shot @thomasjmitchell :D

Nothing like a hugging a tree to make your day a little bit better

Hahaha. Great. What a beautiful lazy. Thanks @thomasjmitchell.

Thanks!! they are indeed beautifully lazy animals