{"id":808794,"date":"2026-10-20T16:58:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T16:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/808794\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T16:58:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T16:58:18","slug":"scotlands-first-baby-sloth-celebrates-world-sloth-day-with-a-tasty-treat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/808794\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland&#8217;s first baby sloth celebrates World Sloth Day with a tasty treat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scotland\u2019s first-ever baby sloth has celebrated World Sloth Day with a special tasty treat.<\/p>\n<p>Atty, who was named after Sir David Attenborough, was born in May earlier this year at Edinburgh Zoo \u2013 the same month the broadcaster celebrated his 100th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>His arrival marked the first time a sloth had been born in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Keepers at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) gave Atty and mum Fe some of their favourite snacks to mark World Sloth Day.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/3574ee08e2f285d6fc5f5340066f4423-1792494454.jpg\" width=\"2252\" height=\"4000\"   alt=\"Atty enjoying a treat\"\/>RZSSAtty enjoying a treat RZSS<\/p>\n<p>International Sloth Day is celebrated on October 20 to raise awareness about the threats sloths face and the need to protect them in the wild.<\/p>\n<p>The wildlife conservation charity is home to three Linne\u2019s two-toed sloths, mum Fe, dad Nico and baby Atty. The trio live together in the Sloth House, which is specially designed with a warm and humid environment.<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792515498_921_whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scotland\u2019s first-ever baby sloth has celebrated World Sloth Day with a special tasty treat. Atty, who was named&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":808795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-808794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=808794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/808795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=808794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=808794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=808794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}