Edward the baby sloth gets teddy as a replacement mum at London Zoo

Zookeepers were forced to step in to help Edward, a seven-week-old two toed sloth, after mother Marilyn stopped producing milk. But sloths build their muscles as babies by clambering over their mothers and keepers were worried that without a surrogate Edward would never gain enough strength.

So handler Kelly-Anne Kelleher customised his sloth-teddy from the London Zoo gift shop with carabiners so that it can be hung from a branch, enabling the youngster to climb on and strengthen his limbs.

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