A group of tourists rescued a sloth from being run over by a car whilst crossing a road in Costa Rica.

The footage shows one of the tourists grabbing the sloth and placing the animal in a forest nearby.

The rescuer writes: ''On the second day of our stay we came across a two-toed sloth on a dirt road.

''He was crossing the road just like a sloth would, very slow.

''We immediately stopped and got off the car to check it out.

''As soon as we got to it another car was driving up the hill and we made it go around the sloth.

I'' knew I couldn't leave without knowing it crossed safely so I just gave it a hand.''

The clip was captured on September 6.

My friends and I were visiting Costa Rica this past week. On the second day of our stay we came across a two-toed sloth on a dirt road. He was crossing the road just like a sloth would, very slow. We immediately stopped and got off the car to check it out. As soon as we got to it another car was driving up the hill and we made it go around the sloth. I knew I couldn't leave without knowing it crossed safely so I just gave it a hand.