Luca the sloth moves to Bird Paradise, makes friends with the locals & steals their food

This is Luca.

He's a two-year-old two-toed sloth.

Until recently, the Singapore-born mammal resided with his parents at the Singapore Zoo.

But now that his parents have had another baby, he's moved out into his own bachelor pad at Bird Paradise.

Here's what he's gotten up to since.

Made friends with the locals

Luca has set up shop in Amazonian Jewels, the aviary that most closely resembles his natural habitat out in the wild.

In an Oct. 20 Facebook video by Mandai Wildlife Reserve, his keepers said that he has been "doing really great".

He's also managed to make friends with the locals.

One species, the golden parakeet, was particularly curious about him.

The birds even went to investigate the newcomer "quite a bit", his keeper said.

But he hasn't always been the greatest tenant.

While Luca generally has a "very chill personality" and can even fall asleep halfway through a meal, he has apparently discovered a taste for the local cuisine.

"We caught him literally eating bird food," his keeper said.

"And we'd be like, 'hello, Luca. what are you doing??'"

Adventure of a lifetime

Since the move, the curious sloth has embarked on a backpacking mission to explore his new home.

Apart from discovering his "favourite tree" in the lot, he has also gotten up to some shenanigans.

On one occasion, he climbed up one of the highest trees in the aviary in the middle of a thunderstorm.

"We went, 'what are we going to do?...How is he going to come down and eat his food?'" his keeper recalled.

Fortunately, the next morning, she entered the aviary to find Luca safe and sound in his pet box, clinging serenely to his perch.

About the two-toed sloth

Two-toed sloths are solitary animals that can only be found in the wild in the Amazon rainforest.

They live most of their lives hanging upside down from branches — whether sleeping, eating, mating, or giving birth, according to Mandai Wildlife Reserve.

Interestingly, to accommodate their upside-down lifestyle, their organs are also situated differently than other mammals.

Even their hair grows in the opposite direction.

Apart from Luca, the Mandai Wildlife Reserve also is home to a number of other sloths.

His parents, Bunny and Indigo, reside in the Singapore Zoo, along with Luca's baby sibling, Hope.

So cute.

Top image from Mandai Wildlife Reserve