Sloth rescued from a busy highway will fill your weary heart with love

 By 
Tricia Gilbride
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An adorable sloth found itself in a terrifying situation when the fuzzy creature tried to cross a highway in Quevedo, Ecuador, but ended up stranded and clinging to the guardrail.

Transit police in Ecuador rescued the sloth, which they appropriately described as "beautiful" on their Facebook page. The poor animal was clearly freaked out, so hopefully it learned the hard way to stay away from highways and focus instead on a promising modeling career.

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