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Denver Zoo is expecting a baby sloth in January or late February

Visitors can spot pregnant Charlotte in Bird World

Denver zookeepers were hopeful Charlotte Greenie would have sloth babies when she was moved to Denver from from Cleveland Metroparks Zoo in Ohio.
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Denver zookeepers were hopeful Charlotte Greenie would have sloth babies when she was moved to Denver from from Cleveland Metroparks Zoo in Ohio.
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Sloths Charlotte Greenie and Elliot hang around at the Denver Zoo's Bird World.
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Sloths Charlotte Greenie and Elliot hang around at the Denver Zoo's Bird World in 2015.

Grab your champagne: The Denver Zoo announced Wednesday that it is expecting a baby sloth.

The sloth will be the first offspring of Charlotte and Elliot, who were matched as part of the Species Survival Plan, said zoo spokeswoman Marina Belisle.

Sloths have a 10-month gestation period, she said. Zookeepers believe Charlotte, who is a Linne’s two-toed sloth, is between 7 months and 10 months pregnant, meaning the baby could arrive anytime now through late February.

Visitors can spot Charlotte in one of the top corners of a room in Bird World. She’ll give birth in the exhibit.

Read more about other babies born at the Denver Zoo in 2017 here.

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