Sally the sloth relaxes into her new zoo home
BBCSally, a seven-year-old Linne's Two-Toed sloth, is easing into her new home after a near 250-mile journey up the A1 from her old abode.
The animal arrived at Northumberland Zoo near Morpeth two weeks ago from Hamerton in Cambridgeshire.
She is the size of a small dog and is already proving to be popular with visitors and fans of the zoo online.
Zoo manager Maxine Bradley said: "We were blown away by how many people have actually watched our videos on social media."
In their natural habitat in the hot and humid forests of south and Central America sloths are notoriously slow, although not necessarily sleepy, and enjoy long hours of rest between munching on leaves.
Sally's new enclosure is artificially heated to about 25C (77F) with a stream to keep the air moist and is shared with small primates like pygmy marmosets and a rodent called the agouti.
While sloths have been made famous by characters such as the clumsy and endearing Sid in Ice Age, there is a real world purpose for Sally's journey to the chilly north of England.
Ms Bradley said: "The sloth is part of an endangered species breeding programme.
"Sally being here is a great way of putting the message out about the rainforests."
Linne's two-toed sloths have 46-ribs, spend their lives hanging upside down and only come down from the trees once a week to go to the toilet.
