Published 17:26 IST, January 16th 2021

Brazil: Sloth hitches ride in city bus, commuters left flabbergasted

Commuters in Brazil were recently left flabbergasted after they found a sloth hanging to the handrail of their bus. The incident happened in Recife.

Reported by: Riya Baibhawi
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Commuters in Brazil were recently left flabbergasted after y found a sloth hanging to handrail of ir bus. incident happened in Recife, located in nation’s rast wherein furry mammal was rescued by a bus driver who n took responsibility of dropping it home. Meanwhile, photos and videos of sloth hitching a ride inside public transport surfaced online and are w doing rounds of internet.

As per DailyMail, Ronaldo Santana spotted animal on January 11 in heavy traffic area of a motorway in Recife. He immediately pulled over concerned that slow-moving animal might have been hit by any speeding car. animal-loving driver n, along with his conductor Marcio Albuquerque rescued animal. y opened doors of bus and let animal in, who was more than happy to comply.

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"A bus driver saw a sloth trying to cross a busy street in city of Recife. He stopped vehicle and collector put animal safely inside bus. n, y sent animal to responsible body to be released again," Brazilian Biodiversity which shared snapshots of sloth wrote on Twitter. 

People concerned 

Since shared, pictures have garnered an immense fan following racking up over 12 thousand likes and nearly 1.4 thousand quote tweets. Meanwhile, a lot of people have flocked to post to laud kind driver and his collector. Meanwhile, ors expressed concerns over humans and animal co-travelling. "Is re danger of animal attacking people or of his contact with so many people being harmful to him?," asked a user. Meanwhile, ar comment read, "Serious situation in reef, arson fires are being carried out for land grabbing and transformation into hotels and resorts, all struggle being lost due to this clumsy and permissive government."

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17:28 IST, January 16th 2021