Sloth in the middle of a park!

thomasjmitchell (70) in animalphotography • 7 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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gillianpearce (65) · 7 years ago

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

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

sjarvie5 (67) · 7 years ago

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

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gillianpearce (65) · 7 years ago

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

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thomasjmitchell (70) · 7 years ago

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

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haikubot (54) · 7 years ago

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

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acromott (73) · 7 years ago (edited)

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

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

thomasjmitchell (70) · 7 years ago

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

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homesteadinmama (49) · 7 years ago

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!!

thomasjmitchell (70) · 7 years ago

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

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aerialpegasus (47) · 7 years ago

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.

thomasjmitchell (70) · 7 years ago

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

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sanach (70) · 7 years ago (edited)

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

thomasjmitchell (70) · 7 years ago

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

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sanach (70) · 7 years ago

Amazing! :-)

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cabontomasz (41) · 7 years ago

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

thomasjmitchell (70) · 7 years ago

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

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eliangel (40) · 7 years ago

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

thomasjmitchell (70) · 7 years ago

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

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choogirl (64) · 7 years ago

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

tag177 (49) · 7 years ago

Perhaps in this world you are only a person, but for someone you are the whole world. - Marquez.
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cleverbot (54) · 7 years ago

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

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banjo (56) · 7 years ago

Wait, do you think that I am a robot?

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thomasjmitchell (70) · 7 years ago

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

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still-observer (53) · 7 years ago

He clearly loves that tree

Great shot @thomasjmitchell :D

thomasjmitchell (70) · 7 years ago

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

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mirla33 (65) · 7 years ago

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

thomasjmitchell (70) · 7 years ago

Thanks!! they are indeed beautifully lazy animals

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cam.mcfarlane (55) · 7 years ago

They're unreal, always make me laugh haha!

thomasjmitchell (70) · 7 years ago

true that!! It always reminds me of Flash from the movie Zootopia

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vtravels (65) · 7 years ago

Oh gosh, this is amazing but since I was young I have Sloths have always scared me!! They freak me out a lot!

thomasjmitchell (70) · 7 years ago

hahaha! really?? They are quite unique looking and such slow movers. I am sure you will be able to get away from one if you needed to... 😉

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vtravels (65) · 7 years ago

Haha this is true! I hopefully won't come across one though!

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travelingsomm (65) · 7 years ago

OMG!!!! I'm so jealous.

thomasjmitchell (70) · 7 years ago

It was awesome and incredibly surprising and random... It took me a while to work out if it was real or not

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bekahluu (47) · 7 years ago

Oh my, that's pretty cool! Lucky find 🙂

thomasjmitchell (70) · 7 years ago

Beyond lucky! If you click the link in the post it will show you exactly where I was when I saw it. No one around was even looking at it... I didn't think it was real at first until I got closer and it moved its head.

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tag177 (49) · 7 years ago

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@banjo , @cleverbot ,

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banjo (56) · 7 years ago

Well then, how rude of you.

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myvicky (48) · 7 years ago

its cute and funny also :D

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goodwithtravels (57) · 7 years ago

Love your pic - back in October I saw a sloth crossing the road in Puerto Maldonado in Peru and it was on of the highlights of my trip!

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jatinkkalra (36) · 7 years ago

sloths are very slow creature,did you see him climbing? they do it very weirdly lol!

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heelsandmuffins (44) · 6 years ago

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nuthman (69) · 6 years ago

Did the sloth speak Spanish?

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evecab (67) · 6 years ago

how cool! I hope nobody bothered him...he probably came down to take a crap...that's the only reason they come down from the trees =) . Nice shot!

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