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Discover the reason for the sloth's slowness and how this has been an evolutionary advantage.Key facts
- Sloths lead a solitary life consisting of minimal physical activity.
- Sloths descend from the forest canopy once a week to urinate and defecate.
- Sloths feed mostly on leaves, which take a long time to digest and have little nutritional value.
- The sloth's slow-moving life helps it to keep energy expenditure low.
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Sloth
The sloth leads a slow-moving solitary life consisting of minimal to no physical activity.
This is what they do all day.
Hanging about in trees, upside down and half asleep.
Perhaps the most laborious event for a sloth is when it descends from the canopy of the forest to the ground …
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