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Sloth Birthday Celebration

August 21 |
Thurs., August 21 | 10:15 am – 2 pm | Included with General Admission
 
#DidYouKnow Linnaeus’s Two-toed Sloths sleep for an average of 15 hours a day?
 
Don’t “sleep” on this party fit for a sloth! Help the National Aviary’s Linnaeus’s Two-toed Sloths celebrate their birthdays during our Sloth Birthday Celebration. Don’t move slow (like a sloth), reserve tickets in advance.
 
 
Vivien is turning eight and Wookiee is turning 25!
 

Sloth Birthday Celebration Schedule of Activities:

  • 10:15 am: Meet a Rainforest Friend | Helen M. Schmidt FliteZone™ Theater (seating is limited)
  • 11 am – 1 pm: Sign Wookiee and Vivien’s Birthday Card | Atrium
  • 11 am – 1 pm: Sloth-themed Craft and Coloring Pages | Learning Center 
  • 11:30 am: Tropical Rainforest Feeding featuring a Happy Birthday shoutout to Wookiee | Tropical Rainforest
  • 12:30 pm: Sloth Talk and Card Signing with Valentino | Helen M. Schmidt FliteZone™ Theater (seating is limited)
  • 1:45 pm: Sloth Talk featuring biofacts AND special birthday goodies for our flock | Tropical Rainforest 

 

Keep the Sloth-tastic Fun Going into the Weekend!  

Join us for a special sloth edition of Brushes & Birds ft. Maria DeSimone Prascak of Maria’s Ideas (mariasideas.com) on Sat., August August 23 at 11 am. Click here for more details and to book your canvas! No prior drawing or painting skills necessary. A painting of a sloth hanging upside down on a hibiscus tree

2025 Brushes & Birds: Sloth Edition portrait

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