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Three-toed Sloth The Slowest Mammal On Earth. Three-toed sloths are some of the slowest and seemingly laziest creatures in the world. Instead of evolving to eat more, they evolved to do less.
Three-toed Sloth The Slowest Mammal On Earth
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“This is a three-toed sloth a female and she’s ravenously hungry.
It’s the leaves she’s after.
However, in order to protect themselves, rainforest leaves are often tough rubbery in full of toxins.
They’re indigestible and lacking in energy but that hasn’t stopped the sloth.
With large multi-chambered stomachs containing a unique mix of bacteria, they’re able to deal with the tough leaves.
But it’s not a quick process.
Sloths have the slowest digestion of any mammal.
It can take them two weeks to process a single meal and it’s a hopelessly inefficient process.
Sloths had two options either they had to eat more or do less.
Sloths evolved to do less. Their entire lifestyle is all about spending as little energy as possible.”
The Three-toed Sloth The Slowest Mammal On Earth having earned that tile has kept it for thousands of years.
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"Sloths evolved.. to do less"
That is so beautiful.