This stealthy sloth showed off its impressive investigative skills when it infiltrated a restaurant after hours in search of a midnight feast.
His cover was blown, however, when he fell face first onto the floor, alerting security at Café Milagro in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica.
Though the café is often infiltrated by toucans and monkeys during the daytime, this is the first sloth to cleverly manoeuvre its way through the building’s security gates.
This stealthy sloth showed off its impressive investigative skills when it infiltrated a restaurant after hours in search of a midnight feast
Emerging beneath the counter, the cumbersome sloth slowly climbs its way up to the counter, playing with a spinning display rack momentarily, before continuing its near slow-motion hunt for food.
Investigating under a blanket, the sloth makes a grave mistake as it loses its footing, hilariously hurtling down to the floor with an almighty thud, before alerting the security guard on duty.
Coming out in the middle of the night in their pajamas to discover the unexpected intruder, co-owners Travis Day and Adrienne Pellizzari watched the footage back in great amusement the next morning.
Emerging beneath the counter, the cumbersome sloth slowly climbs its way up to the counter, playing with a spinning display rack momentarily, before continuing its hunt for food
Though the café is often infiltrated by toucans and monkeys during the daytime, this is the first sloth to cleverly manoeuvre its way through the building’s security gates
Travis said: ‘The sloth must’ve slipped through the gates after we’d already closed – they’re very common in the area.
‘It was funny to see that it was all caught on video, but most importantly that we had been able to relocated the sloth back outside in the middle of the night.
‘We didn’t realise just how hilarious it was until we shared it with family and friends.
‘While we have sloths that can be regularly seen in nearby trees, this was the first invasion of our actual restaurant.
‘We have a resident sloth named Terrance who can regularly be found behind our restaurant, but this one was a new visitor.’
His cover was blown, however, when he fell face first onto the floor, alerting security at Café Milagro in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica