Florida Democrat ‘appalled’ by report 31 sloths died in storage warehouse

The Hill ^ | 04-24-2026 | Tolu Talabi

[OrangeHoof]

Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) said on Thursday that he was appalled by a report about the death of 31 slots who died under the care of Sloth World, a tourist attraction in Orlando that wasn’t yet opened to the public.

The slots were from South American rainforests, and perished in storage warehouses between December 2024 and February 2025, according to an incident report by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

“These sloths — naturally solitary animals — were put in the worst conditions possible,” Frost said in a Thursday post on X. “They were taken from their natural habitats to a packed warehouse that wasn’t properly heated and allowed for the spread of deadly viruses, leading to a stress-induced death.”

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If Orlando’s Sloth World goes out of business, there will still be the original Sloth World in Washington D.C.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Real sloths or just illegal alien toilet bowl scrubbers?

[HollyB]

Horrible. My son spent a month in Costa Rica volunteering at an animal sanctuary. Many of the animals were baby sloths that had lost their mothers. He’d send me pics. I fell in love with the 2 clawed sloths. Most people think of the 3 clawed ones. But, if you pull up pics of baby 3 clawed sloths, you’ll fall in love with how adorable they are.

This story made me sad. They are so fragile.

[HollyB]

Look up pics of baby 2 clawed sloths. Nothing can be cuter,

[9YearLurker]

Such gentle creatures.

[9YearLurker]

Ha ha. Good response.

[rlmorel]

I assumed it was real sloths, as a Democrat wouldn’t be outraged that illegal alien toilet bowl scrubbers may have died in an overheated warehouse, though they would mourn the loss of the votes.

I’m sure that if that were the case, they would temper their grief in the knowledge that they could, as Democrats, still find a way to get them to vote.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“They were taken from their natural habitats to a packed warehouse that wasn’t properly heated and allowed for the spread of deadly viruses, leading to a stress-induced death.”

Sounds just like the way the coyotes treat their cargo from Central America and Mexico.

[dinodino]

lol

[Prince of Space]

Wait, slots are alive? And here I thought they were just inhumane machines. Thanks to this intrepid reporter, Talu Talabi, I learned something new, even at 72!

*In case you missed it, “sloths” was spelled “slots” in 2 separate sentences. 🤣