French photographer Emmanuel Tardy's image of a sloth clinging to a post in Costa Rica is one of the images from the 2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year award.
Seriously, though, the Sloth was stuck on that side of the road due to traffic between it and the other trees, and the photo was taken as traffic cleared. It’s intended to show the separation from habitat by human inhabitants, which, with context of deforestation, the road, and cars, it does an excellent job of.
Terrible headline, or poor image cropping? Ehhhh?
Seriously, though, the Sloth was stuck on that side of the road due to traffic between it and the other trees, and the photo was taken as traffic cleared. It’s intended to show the separation from habitat by human inhabitants, which, with context of deforestation, the road, and cars, it does an excellent job of.