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Denver Zoo Reveals Species Of Expecting Animal

DENVER (CBS4) - Two days after releasing video of an ultrasound showing a baby in the uterus of an animal, the Denver Zoo has revealed what kind of baby it is.

It's a sloth!

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(credit: Denver Zoo)

Denver Zoo officials said sloths Charlotte and Elliot are expecting a baby.

"Charlotte is somewhere between 7 and 10 months along in her 10-month gestation period, so we're expecting a baby sloth sometime between now and March," they said in a Facebook post.

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Charlotte Greenie is a Linnaeus two-toed sloth at the Denver Zoo (credit: Denver Zoo)

Charlotte, whose "last name" is Greenie, is a Linnaeus two-toed sloth. She was brought to the zoo in 2015 and introduced to Elliot soon afterwards.

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Zoo staff are doing ultrasound work with Charlotte at her exhibit in Bird World every day at 3 p.m. The best chance for zoo visitors to see her moving around is probably at that time.

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