INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) — The Indianapolis Zoo is debuting a new exhibit — sloths!
Beginning Memorial Day weekend, zoo-goers will be able to visit the zoo's newest "MISTery Park," home to two two-toed sloths.
On Friday, WTHR got a sneak peek at the new exhibit and got to meet Quinto the sloth, also known as "Q."
"Misters fill the pathways with a cooling fog while actual nature sounds recorded in a South American rain forest play in the background, creating a unique setting for a close encounter with a two-toed sloth," the zoo wrote in a release.
Fast facts about sloths:
- The sloths at the zoo eat about 300 grams of produce (fruits and vegetables) a day as well as leaves.
- Sloths are great swimmers.
- Algae grows on a sloth's fur to help them camouflage from predators.
- Sloths primary predators are eagles, snakes and jaguars.
- Sloths are solitary animals.
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