--- description: Sloth clings to road partition and has to be rescued by Ecuador Transit Commission. title: Sloth Gives Up on Crossing Highway and Clings to Pole Instead image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Sloth Gives Up on Crossing Highway and Clings to Pole Instead  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jan 25, 2016 4:34 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jan 25, 2016 4:34 PM CUT Why did the sloth cross the road? Well, we don’t know, but the Transit Commission of Ecuador (CTE) shared photos on Facebook of a sloth clinging to a road partition after “struggling to cross,” a spokesperson [told BuzzFeed News](http://www.buzzfeed.com/stephaniemcneal/cute-sloth-omg#.poQgrE6xY "undefined"). A veterinarian was called in, and once the animal was deemed to be in good condition, it was taken back to its habitat. The agency’s photo album has been shared more than 12,000 times and has racked up more than 42,000 “likes” since it was published on Jan. 22. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4192424/sloth-road-ecuador/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4192424/sloth-road-ecuador/"},"headline":"Sloth Gives Up on Crossing Highway and Clings to Pole Instead","datePublished":"2016-01-25T16:34:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:29:11.255Z","description":"Talk about a slow news day","url":"https://time.com/4192424/sloth-road-ecuador/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4192424/sloth-road-ecuador/","name":"Sloth Gives Up on Crossing Highway and Clings to Pole Instead"}}]}] ```