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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated May 7, 1964 reads, Sylvester, the two-toed sloth, was up to his usual slothful ways yesterday. He arrived from Panama three hours late. Sylvester (that's him on tree limb) is the first sloth to arrive at the Giffith Park Zoo in 10 years. Dr. W.A. Young, zoo director, Mrs. Dorthea Susman, North Hollywood, and her daughters, Teresa 11, and Priscilla, 8, waited patiently for his arrival."
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