The coronavirus pandemic has changed life as we know it for the foreseeable future.

Naturally, the pandemic has had an impact on the lives of animals too, particularly zoo animals. So much so that last month, we covered an aquarium that was letting its penguins explore the entire facility after it closed its doors to humans.

Now, another aquarium has followed suit and provided its animals with some very unusual entertainment that they would never see in the animal kingdom. They have placed sloths outside the dolphin enclosure!

The unusual pairing took place at the Texas State Aquarium, and as the pictures below demonstrate, the dolphins were absolutely fascinated by the sloths - an animal they'd never see in the wild.

In an interview with Bored Panda, an aquarium spokesperson said: "We frequently give the animals a chance to 'meet' each other as a form of enrichment, which helps keep them active in body and mind.

"As some of our most popular animals, it seemed an obvious choice for our sloths and dolphins to get a chance to see each other while we were temporarily closed.

"We have another sloth, Xena, but on that day, she was more interested in sleeping than meeting the dolphins!"

Typical sloth, eh?!

Chico, a three-year-old sloth also got the chance to meet various animals at the zoo including seahorses, a shark, and some fish.

The spokesperson continued: "Besides making for some fin-tastic photo ops, these animal interspecies meetups are just one of the many ways we are 'closed but still caring' during the COVID-19 situation.

"Along with enrichment opportunities for our animals, our staff is still busy at work preparing meals for and feeding the animals, maintaining their habitats, and looking after their medical care, to name just a few tasks."

If you would like to keep up with the animals at the Texas State Aquarium, you can follow their Facebook page.

The coronavirus pandemic has changed life as we know it for the foreseeable future.

Naturally, the pandemic has had an impact on the lives of animals too, particularly zoo animals. So much so that last month, we covered an aquarium that was letting its penguins explore the entire facility after it closed its doors to humans.

Now, another aquarium has followed suit and provided its animals with some very unusual entertainment that they would never see in the animal kingdom. They have placed sloths outside the dolphin enclosure!

The unusual pairing took place at the Texas State Aquarium, and as the pictures below demonstrate, the dolphins were absolutely fascinated by the sloths - an animal they'd never see in the wild.

In an interview with Bored Panda, an aquarium spokesperson said: "We frequently give the animals a chance to 'meet' each other as a form of enrichment, which helps keep them active in body and mind.

"As some of our most popular animals, it seemed an obvious choice for our sloths and dolphins to get a chance to see each other while we were temporarily closed.

"We have another sloth, Xena, but on that day, she was more interested in sleeping than meeting the dolphins!"

Typical sloth, eh?!

Chico, a three-year-old sloth also got the chance to meet various animals at the zoo including seahorses, a shark, and some fish.

The spokesperson continued: "Besides making for some fin-tastic photo ops, these animal interspecies meetups are just one of the many ways we are 'closed but still caring' during the COVID-19 situation.

"Along with enrichment opportunities for our animals, our staff is still busy at work preparing meals for and feeding the animals, maintaining their habitats, and looking after their medical care, to name just a few tasks."

If you would like to keep up with the animals at the Texas State Aquarium, you can follow their Facebook page.