Tour Guide Sees Splashing In The Water — Then Long Claws Hook Onto His Boat; The Dodo, May 28, 2026

 Stephen Messenger , The Dodo; Tour Guide Sees Splashing In The Water — Then Long Claws Hook Onto His Boat;

"One day, while steering visitors across a lake, a guide named Ronan, from Nature de Guyane, spotted a three-toed sloth making his way through the water. Though notoriously slow on land, sloths are surprisingly capable swimmers — able to swim about three times faster than they can walk.

But this sloth appeared to be struggling.

"He was moving with difficulty. I think he was exhausted," Ronan told The Dodo. "So I moved the boat closer, and he climbed onto the side."

Moving slowly through the water, Ronan then guided the boat and sloth to the closest tree-lined shore.

"I took him to the forest to help him," Ronan said. "He reached up for the first branch we came across and climbed up the tree. I never had to touch him.""