The Rarest Mammal On Earth | 1000 Days For The Planet | Real Wild

The recently discovered pygmy three-toed sloth is one of the rarest mammals on the planet, with only 60 individuals inventoried; join the Sedna IV crew on a quest to Barro Colorado Island that could well change the status of this threatened animal.
A crew of mariners, scientists and filmmakers are followed as they cast off on the Sedna IV, an oceanographic schooner, to sail around the world exploring the beauty of nature, how ecosystems work and conservation challenges facing the planet.
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[@tenwaystowearit]

It’s gonna take her three days to get back up there man. Lol. Put her back up high. She’s a sweet little sloth. These guys are being so gentle. I like them. Great work guys. ♥️

[@joannespinn2159]

A face alot of people could love.

[@bellestar5960]

I think they’re so adorable. They even blink slow, they also look like they are constantly smiling. I wish this was a longer and a little more informative like how often do they give birth, how long are they pregnant for, how long do the babies stay with the mom.

[@ronilittle7028]

Belle Star SAME HERE....NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION 😟

[@tenwaystowearit]

People who do these jobs are amazing to me. I can’t even stand to walk on grass. I applaud them.

[@notmyworld44]

You don't know what you are missing. Walking barefoot on warm grass is one of life's greatest delights.

[@nickrouse9122]

@@notmyworld44 okay wayne

[@rhondaqualls2954]

​@@notmyworld44 I've always heard walking barefoot keeps you in tune with nature

[@sandrawehrley4212]

Are you from the city? Cause round here in my neck of the woods…it’s nothing but grass. Grass driveway, grass pool deck, grass basketball court😂

[@Nitka022]

Sloths are such beautiful, unusual creatures! Their faces are the cutest ever...really, we have sooo many animals who are just too cute and they are ALL endangered or on the brink now....we do not deserve them...Love the young, handsome scientist...You can tell he loves those sloths heaps...He has passion and dedication...He will do all right...

[@mighty_meee]

Speak for yourself! We do deserve these animals.

[@pedroburrito445]

Hahaha the biologist: "Sloths are perfect for me to study because I can climb up and catch them and they can't run away"

[@tenwaystowearit]

That last one Victoria was smiling. Lol. She was happy to see Bryson. I would be too, he’s so cute. ☺️☺️☺️

[@Mutiny960]

Omfg grow the F up.

[@petermaier78]

No, she wasn't. Sloths don't even have the muscle necessary to change facial expression.

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

Years ago while visiting the Rainforest exhibit at the top of the Baltimore Aquarium I came upon the male in their new pair of sloths. He was so adorable...very gentle and fascinated by my sunglasses, which I had sitting on top of my head. He did nit try to grab them but studies them very closely. Their keeper came up,to talk to me and joked the big concern was how they would ruins each either as slow as they were. Of course once she came into estrus I imagine he found her pretty quick.

[@user-wz4db1zn3r]

Did that scientist just say that the sloths 'Go to the bathroom'? This is super unprofessional.

[@crpond3699]

My most memorable moment, being up close with a baby sloth and the friendships I've made. 👋🏼💯❣ Beautiful priviledge indeed~🦥 💙💚🤎😘😘 你好Lily! Greetings from 中国 💞 Panama! 🦋

[@lindaminton3820]

That was excellent! I am so glad this young scientist is doing this very valuable work. I hope he stays safe, healthy and rewarded.

[@reginaphalange7055]

Poor thing she must have been terrified when they first picked her up

[@TheMisslilbit]

Yep you already know it. And they passing her around like a dang baby. It's kinda sad.

[@no2thenwo737]

I totally agree. Treating her like an object was poor form.

[@zakaryleaf2794]

7:30 that sloth got straight abducted no warning. He even looked confused.

[@zakaryleaf2794]

all the sloths get abducted!

[@melissastapleton1403]

Beautifully done with this video, I've truly enjoyed watching ❤️

[@83reggieT]

I must be getting old these two scientists look like kids to me.

[@shellymillion9268]

ah-h-h yes! happy sloth! no rush no acid indigestion, ulcers, breakdowns! viva-la-sloth!😄

[@shellybee9851]

That was AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL!! GOD BLESS U GUYS !!

[@user-hm8qu7xq7l]

8:25 "she does yoga" it seems to me that she took such a pose like "I was all offended by you for taking me down from the tree, I don't talk to you anymore"

[@honorladone8682]

I love them all please keep them safe. Philadelphia USA

[@jessemaldonado7971]

Sloths 👌

[@georgekraft1401]

If these guys want to find sloths they should go to Cahuits, Costa Rica. The place is thick with them.

[@sunnychan1099]

George Kraft I would love to eat one

[@reneesantiago6496]

The environment is fine......chill

[@saveournsrey2018]

One of the most unique and beautiful animals. So calm! Great documentary.

[@CindyBarg]

Beautiful, beautiful sloths. Damn radio collars! Humans disregard their harmful frequencies.

[@deepasampathkumar]

Poor sloth getting abducted. How is it so unaggressive. Such gentle creatures

[@wykeishacraft6820]

Great video ,I enjoyed it.

[@athenasmith5866]

😂the way he just snatched it and it was just minding its own tryna get away

[@hankharris1780]

I love sloths! I wish the video was all about sloths but it’s ok.

[@MelonLord]

What the heck it felt to bad for th sloth because they were yanking her of the branches. So mean it's gonna take her for eer

[@majoroldladyakamom6948]

Why did they not put the newly collared SLOTH BACK UP THE SAME EXACT TREE THAT THEY TOOK HER FROM?? HUH? WHAT? Here, let's just pluck you from your own perch and plop you a new tree a few blocks over (saith the sloth that took 2 days to find her own perch). Smithsonian says that they know best? Likely not from the female Sloth's perspective, eh? Grrr.

[@hankharris1780]

That’s not true it dosent matter where you put them they just have to be in a tree that is still alive and it didn’t take them two days to find it

[@lanafan4993]

🙏🏼Thankful 🙏🏼Protect Animal RIGHTS 🐾Save Nature VERY BEAUTIFUL Amazing Creature 🌎n🌈

[@honorladone8682]

SNL skit slots..."Hire a dog to burn down a hospital" DON'T CALL US SLOW!!!

[@sandrawehrley4212]

I’d say captive animals may sleep longer because their defense mechanism has slowed because they have no dangers of predators. In the wild…sleep is shorter, they have to be awake to protect themselves from predators. You would think that’s a big reason. Animals will start to understand that while in captivity, food is brought to them regularly, no worries of territory taken, and no predators. They start to understand this and get used to it. Generation to generation I’ll assume.

[@10laws2liveby]

If ya want to study Sloths just go to Washington DC they're all over the place. The only différance is the ones in DC can run, I can't believe they made a production of this as they're so damn easy to study all over Central America especially in towns.

[@luceatlux7087]

the difference in sleep makes sense; different stress levels. you ever been out on your own? when i turned 18, I was spending literally weeks awake sometimes (studying, working... just worrying like hell). my top measurement was 13 days (I should have recorded it, as I believe it's still higher than the world record). if i had some security blanket (such as my parents being rich, etc), stress level would be dramatically reduced and immune system would be higher, iq would be increased via increase in sleep... on and on and on. it's why, contrary to what some people say, there isn't a lot of social mobility in the US. Wki entry: Intergenerational upward mobility is more common, where children or grandchildren are in economic circumstances better than those of their parents or grandparents. In the US, this type of mobility is described as one of the fundamental features of the "American Dream" even though there is less such mobility than almost all other OECD countries.[5] [5] Causa O, Johansson Å (July 2009). "Intergenerational Social Mobility Economics Department Working Papers No. 707". Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Archived from the original on 5 January 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

[@iCutTrees336]

Lol they definitely killed that sloth

[@ghost-hn2lh]

i sent this to my mom who hates sloths

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

He seemed a wise old soul!

[@1americanatlarge]

at 12;28 he better tie those in a knot or they might get wrapped around a branch ahah

[@John-209]

I love sloths and can’t stand those murdering birds!!! We must train sloths in expert marksmanship now it’s a matter of national security

[@toniecat1028]

27:42 - Our expert says "they cut down the mangroves for . . . " Charcoal or Chocolate? Could anyone tell? Upon further study - I'm pretty sure it's Charcoal - for fuel. (Chocolate wouldn't really make sense . . . right?)

[@aethelwyrnblack4918]

You are correct, he says charcoal

[@toniecat1028]

@@aethelwyrnblack4918 Thank you for clarifying - I appreciate it.

[@wykeishacraft6820]

Looks like you all saying what a nice day ,I be glad when this is over with.

[@bigpump2620]

Make it happen sloths as pets come on easiest pet ever.

[@no2thenwo737]

I thought the same thing, but they are full of mites even in captivity.

[@goddosyourself7970]

The rarest known* there might be more that we dont know of

[@infinitexvoid7605]

Fond of sloths (especially three-toed sloths, though would be nice if two-toed sloths were seen more in media 🤷)

[@Nellz1157]

I hope they take those collars off at some point

[@ayobubby3690]

17:50 millennial bees

[@jennylynwall3424]

When they were studying the pigmy sloths and they made contact with the fishing village, why don’t they bring the kids a little bit of candy! I mean 1 piece of hard candy per child would not hurt anything and give the rest to the adults maybe with a extra bag or 2 for the village to share. Chocolate would melt but wrapped hard candy would last a long time and be a special gift. It my help their research because the village could show the scientists where they found new pigmy sloths and stop cutting down and burning wood for charcoal. Wouldn’t hurt for the scientist to bring some bags of charcoal to stop the burning of trees if they were that worried about losing the animals habitat thus losing the tiny population of pigmy sloths. We all know our manufactured charcoal last at least 50 times longer then charcoal from trees they burn down. I don’t know why they don’t allow limited eco tourism to bring in money to fund projects and help village ppl that could be valuable to the scientists work. They do it with the mountain gorillas. To visit a group of wild gorillas it cost a minimum of $350 per person to spend 1 hour visiting and just watching the gorillas and each group of gorillas get visited by 1 group of only 5 or 6 eco tourists a day. The walk up the mountain to see a group of gorillas takes at least 4 hours. This extra money adds up helping villagers buy the things they need instead of cutting down the forests and has help the scientists buy large pieces of land so it is not sold for palm oil plantations etc and becomes part of the gorillas protected habitat. In the last 10 years they have bought 1000’s of acres and been able to pay for security to those areas.

[@johnhanek167]

Great movie, ass-kickin' slide guitar.

[@reneesantiago6496]

But if these animals are isolated then its not a true study on their impact on society.

[@dennisa.v9365]

Not agree with more animals abusing for “study “. That sloth will have to spend days or months with a device on the neck just to rise human “ego “.

[@4rsalways]

They need to leave them alone!

[@lordmonty9421]

9:03 - "When Europeans first discovered sloths, they thought that they were the most ridiculous animal in the world." They ARE, kid! You can just pick one up and cradle it like a widdle baby, it's crazy. But they're super cute.

[@krispy6796]

I'm a sloth for geopolitical reasons 🥱

[@baileygilbert4766]

Are you joking to be a sloth 🦥 or serious about being one???, just wondering.

[@missumenimsatanass]

You will be happy to know that a guy in Southern Kentucky is close to answering the question of why workers vanish. They said it's not good news at all. Folks we are in a legit bad place rt now. We are losing bees at an alarming rate. Without bees we could end up in a very bad place. Said if the people knew just how in trouble we are they wouldn't kill another bee ever again. Even if it stung you. So DONT KILL BEES!!! May already be too late.

[@notmyworld44]

One man's theory is not science. It seems as if the Smithsonian exists for the sole purpose of denying the biblical account of creation. However I found this a beautifully done video.

[@askquestionsplz]

The only scientific theory that makes sense is quantum mechanics and physics which suggest that reality exists in the mind only.

[@hippodippo9100]

Wayne Warmack small brain if you actually think that way

[@merbst]

@@askquestionsplz This is pseudo-science itself, the nature of the the mind is metaphysics, not physics! Don't believe anyone who combines Physics and spirituality or mysticism, they are quacks.

[@notmyworld44]

@@askquestionsplz That first statement of yours merits some consideration!

[@notmyworld44]

@@hippodippo9100 It's not the size of the brain that matters, but the way it's wired.

[@user-fh8wi6qg1q]

いくら研究とは言え、無理矢理捕まえるのは私は許せない。それに最後のところで下の人に投げ渡ししていたように見えたのは気のせい？最も不愉快だった。

[@alexistrebexis3195]

This guy tormented this poor animal and captured it just to show these people?? And run his tests? Leave the dam thing alone. U think any animal cares about your studies? And this one was done to test how they sleep? 🙄 Just cuz you’re curious, they gotta suffer? And don’t get me started on the collars u put on them. Leave them the F alone.

[@no2thenwo737]

Agreed. These people are arrogant and pathetic.

[@interstellar8446]

clickbait

[@petermaier78]

No clickbait here. There are around 100 Pygmy sloths in existance.

[@majoroldladyakamom6948]

Kewl, REAL WILD plus CLEAVAGE (the Bee specialist). Huh? The men were not showing off their Male parts, though they must have enjoyed a glimpse or two, eh? 🤔 😫 😖

[@michaelclennan8425]

All Christians can treat animals like Jesus Christ. If we do not we are not following Jesus.

[@markhamilton8728]

Being slothful is a horrible sin. SMH 🤦‍♂️