The three-hour long surgery was conducted inside the Chester Zoo's on-site animal care centre where the specialist team removed infected tissue surrounding two of the sloth’s teeth – large triangular ...

A sloth in Cheshire has successfully undergone “pioneering” surgery to cure its toothache. Rico, 25, is believed to be the ...

Credit: Chester Zoo/Cover Images Rico the sloth has undergone pioneering surgery to take care of a pesky toothache that had been plaguing Chester Zoo’s slow-moving mammal. Amazing images captured at ...

Early last year, keepers at Chester Zoo first spotted that 25-year-old Rico, a two-toed sloth, had swellings on the side of ...

Rico, a two-toed sloth, went under the knife after keepers noticed swelling on the side of his face. Further checks found the ...

A rare two-toed sloth is recovering at a UK zoo after undergoing pioneering dental surgery to cure its toothache. The 25-year-old South American mammal named Rico began to concern keepers at Chester ...

Rico the sloth has undergone pioneering surgery to take care of a pesky toothache that had been plaguing Chester Zoo's ...

Rico underwent three-hour dental surgery after zookeepers noticed he had developed a swelling on his face. | ITV News Granada ...

A RARE sloth has been given the all-clear at a recent health check following pioneering dental surgery at Chester Zoo.

A sloth has had pioneering dental surgery to cure toothache. Rico is believed to be the first sloth to undergo such an ...

The university's dental experts were called to Chester Zoo after a CT scan revealed that Rico, a 25-year-old two-toed sloth, ...