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Sloth rescued from power line in Brazil

By Ben Hooper
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Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Utility workers in Brazil created a special trap to rescue a sloth seen slowly creeping across an electrical line in the country.

A video filmed Tuesday in Cabo de Santo Agostinho shows the sloth slowly creeping across the electrified wire.

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Utility workers were summoned to the scene and raised a specialized trap to the power line.

The video shows the sloth make its way to the trap and become ensnared, allowing the workers to safely lower it to the ground.

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