Sloth photobombs volunteers in Costa Rica
CBC News
Posted: Mar 30, 2012 12:44 PM ET
Last Updated: Mar 30, 2012 12:55 PM ET
A young sloth drops in on a portrait of international volunteers. (Manuel Ramirez)
A team of international student volunteers posing for a portrait at the end of their sojourn in Costa Rica were joined by a surprise intruder: a sloth, who slow-bombed the picture at the last second.
The furry little leaf-eater, usually linked to inactivity and lazing about in trees, dropped down as photographer Manuel Ramirez, 44, was about to push the button and shoot.
A squirrel jumps up and is caught in a time-delayed photo of Melissa Brandts and her husband in Banff National Park three years ago. (Melissa Brandts)"As I looked through the camera lens, I could see something creeping in to the frame," Britain's Telegraph news website quoted him as saying. "When I realized it was a baby sloth, I clicked the button as fast as I could — not that he was going anywhere fast."
It harkened back to the moment three years ago in Alberta's Banff National Park when a squirrel jumped up and was caught in a time-delayed photo of Melissa Brandts and her husband.
The sloth was on its way Friday to achieving the same viral status as the squirrel.
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