--- description: Adorable title: Adorable Sloth Rescued From the Highway Has Returned Home 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 # Adorable Sloth Rescued From the Highway Has Returned Home to the Rainforest by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 26, 2016 8:51 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 26, 2016 8:51 PM CUT Remember that impossibly cute little sloth in Ecuador who was spotted[ clinging to a pole](http://time.com/4192424/sloth-road-ecuador/ "undefined") like his life depended on it? Well, we’re happy to report that he has returned home, safe and sound, to the rainforest. The Transit Commission of Ecuador (CTE) originally found the sloth clinging to a road partition in the province of Los Rios. They then shared several photos of the little guy[ on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ctecuador/posts/1256469624366880 "undefined") last Friday, including one particularly memorable [close-up](https://www.facebook.com/ctecuador/photos/pcb.1256469624366880/1256469607700215/?type=3&theater "undefined") of him hugging the pole. On Monday, the CTE shared new photos confirming that the sloth made it home safely to the rainforest: Fun fact: the Spanish word for sloth is perezoso—which also means “lazy.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4194609/ecuador-sloth-returns-to-rainforest/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4194609/ecuador-sloth-returns-to-rainforest/"},"headline":"Adorable Sloth Rescued From the Highway Has Returned Home to the Rainforest","datePublished":"2016-01-26T20:51:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:29:15.960Z","description":"He was found clinging to a median divider in Ecuador","url":"https://time.com/4194609/ecuador-sloth-returns-to-rainforest/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"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/4194609/ecuador-sloth-returns-to-rainforest/","name":"Adorable Sloth Rescued From the Highway Has Returned Home to the Rainforest"}}]}] ```