Why sloths are awesome

Therefore they don't consume a lot of energy-enhancing protein and they need to be wise about when and how they expend their limited resources. For more on sloths: former Senior Correspondent Alex Leff and current Americas editor breaks it down for us.

Sloths usually move at a pace of about one foot per minute, but they can move faster when necessary — like when another sloth provokes them or when they decide they don't like a zookeeper. The fact that sloths have low energy and for the most part move slowly leaves them vulnerable to prey, particularly eagles, which can swoop down and pluck a sleepy sloth right off a branch.

As Donald E. You're really better off if they just don't see you. Greatest Of All Time! Here are some reasons why you should consider the majestic sloth as one of the greatest creatures in the galaxy. So there you go, hopefully you can appreciate the beauty of the sloth a little bit more now.

Why would anyone want to harm a sloth man. They just wanna hang around and eat their leaves and shoots and sleep. Sloths rule. Also I would have to get my sloth some cool sunglasses so he could ride shotgun with the squad. Like Liked by 1 person. I kind of want a sloth as a pet for my house next year at this point. Great read! Sloths are amazing and I actually just recently watched a mini documentary on them and they are so ugly that they are cute!

I kind of low-key wish the mega sloths still existed because they seem so cool! I personally would not want a sloth as a pet because i feel like they are too slow for me but I would love to hold one. I knew a lot about sloths but did not actually know they can swim or that they can hold their breath for that long of a time! Sloths would be the best animal just to chill with. Nice and unique topic as a blog post. It was well structured and informative, along with having great photos and GIFs.

Sloths are pretty great, but I mean… there are some other animals out there I would rank higher. Personally birds and otters are some of my favorite animals, but sloths are alright. Maybe if they were still huge, because I honestly had no idea about that but it sounds pretty fucking awesome.

Well done. I love that you chose to write about something so simple about such a majestic animal. Anyways, I really liked your tone throughout the post, made me feel really engaged in what you had to say about sloths. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. You consent to our cookies by continuing to use our site and online resources. Click here for our full privacy policy.

Skip to content. Without sloths there would be no avocados. Human hunting drove the last giant ground sloths to extinction.

They poop a third of their body weight in one go Sloths are famous for their bizarre bathroom habits. Scientists still do not understand why sloths risk their lives to poop on the ground. Sloths are blind in bright daylight They have a very rare condition called rod monochromacy which means that they completely lack cone cells in their eyes.

Sloths lost the ability to see very well early in their evolutionary history — before they split off from the anteaters approximately 64 million years ago! It takes sloths 30 days to digest a leaf Sloths have the lowest metabolic rate of any mammal, which means that it takes them a long time to digest anything.

Two-fingered sloths have 46 ribs to support their large stomachs — that is more than any other mammal! They can starve to death on a full stomach Unlike most mammals, sloths have sacrificed the ability to control their body temperature in order to save energy. Sloths do not like the cold as they cannot raise their own body temperature metabolically.

Sloths can fall feet without injury Sloths are anatomically designed to fall out of trees. On average, a sloth will fall out of a tree once a week for its entire life. When two sloths fight it is typically over access to a female for mating, and the aim of a sloth fight is to knock your opponent out of the tree.

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