#smithsonian national zoo
Monday feels: Mary Jane the baby sloth, born at our National Zoo in 1964.
Zoo staff, who hand-reared Mary Jane, named the two-toed sloth long before it was determined that the baby was a male. He’s seen snuggling at 9 months old in this Smithsonian Institution Archives photo.
More about Mary Jane and the work of our staff in raising young animals.
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50 years ago today, Hsing-Hsing, along with Ling-Ling, made his debut at the National Zoo in Washington, DC as part of “Panda diplomacy” between China and the US. It sparked a whole new wave of “panda-monium” which continues to this day.
