Sloth smiles and waves at man who rescued it from road, netizens laud the gesture

A heart-warming video of a man rescuing a sloth from the roadside who later smiles with gratitude at him has caught the attention of the internet. Shared on Twitter by the page called ‘Welcome to Nature’, the 55-second footage viewed over 85.6k times, shows a man named Jose Aldenizio aged 50 who stopped traffic in Angra dos Reis in Brazil in order to safely keep the sloth on the tree during the rush hour traffic.  

Liked over 7.7k times, the footage has left the internet stunned as they couldn’t laud the man’s “kind deed” 
enough. Carrying the sloth in his arms from the road, the man runs across the street at a very quick speed to protect the animal from being hit by a speeding car or motor. The man then places the sloth on a nearby tree in his habitat from where the creature presumably lost his way initially. Not just that, the man can be seen waiting for a brief moment as he ensures that the sloth actually clung to the branch before letting go. Once the animal secures the branch, his familiar territory, Denizio waves at the animal as he leaves. At this segment of the clip, the sloth remarkably returns the gesture as it turns its head and appears to wave back, slowly lifting his arm out towards his saviour with a broad smile on face for the rescuer.  

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Netizens laud man's gesture

“I love this video. That guy is so awesome and that sloth is so adorable. This always makes me smile,” wrote a user. “This is so great. I LOVE seeing people like this.,” wrote another. “Awh that's cute it looks like the sloth says "Thanks,” wrote the third, while making heart emoticons.  

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