The National Aquarium in Baltimore's baby Sloth is ready for a name! Following two weeks of accepting name suggestions from the public as part of a baby sloth naming contest, the aquarium is excited to announce the following four names for final consideration:
- Iris – In honor of the beautiful flower
- Camden – In honor of the city it was born in, Baltimore, and the winning baseball season
- Waylay – Meaning surprise, like the baby was for Ivy
- Izzy – Submitted by a teacher on behalf of a Frederick County Public Schools class that selected the name
- Luna – Meaning moon in Spanish
Please take this opportunity to vote here http://aqua.org/explore/sloth-naming-contest for your favorite name of the five listed above. Voting will run through November 15 and the final name will be announced on Friday, November 16th.
Photo credit: Jessica Nelson, National Aquarium
The baby, and mother Ivy, have been doing well since keepers first discovered the young Sloth in late August. Here are some details about baby and Ivy to inspire your votes:
- Linne's Two-toed Sloths are native to South America and can be found in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil (north of the Amazon River)
- Sloths spend their entire lives in the trees and are nocturnal by nature
- This baby is Ivy's first and the third born at the National Aquarium
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