A recent health check has confirmed that pioneering surgery to cure a sloth’s toothache has been successful. Amazing images captured at Chester Zoo show the moment two-toed sloth Rico willingly ...

A sloth has had pioneering dental surgery to cure toothache. Rico is believed to be the first sloth to undergo such an operation, which was carried out by a team at Chester Zoo working alongside ...

A two-toed sloth has undergone pioneering surgery at Chester Zoo after a series of health checks revealed he had two root abscesses. Amazing images show the moment 25-year-old Rico willingly clambered ...

https://talker.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rare-sloth-cure-1355269.mp4 By Adam Dutton A rare two-toed sloth is recovering at a UK zoo after undergoing pioneering ...

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A sloth has undergone pioneering dental surgery to help cure his toothache. Rico, a two-toed sloth, went under the knife after keepers noticed swelling on the side of his face. Further checks found ...

Newcastle University dentists have conducted pioneering surgery on a sloth to cure the animal's toothache. The university's dental experts were called to Chester Zoo after a CT scan revealed that Rico ...

Rico The Sloth On The Mend After Pioneering Dental Surgery. Rico the sloth has undergone pioneering surgery to take care of a pesky toothache that had been plaguing Chester Zoo's slow-moving mammal.