Sloths are adorable and lethargic mammals and are known for the slowness of moment
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and for spending most of their lives hanging upside down in the canopy snoozing and remaining hidden from predators. They are found in the tropical rain forest of South America and Central America. Their long claw holds them in high branches. They even give birth having upside down
There are a total of six species and are in two families: two-toed sloths and three-toed sloths
Most of the sloth life is of sleeping. Sloths snooze for about 15 hours of a full one day that leaves only nine hours to lumber through the trees. They maintain a low body temp of about 86 degrees Fahrenheit - 93 degrees Fahrenheit and move in and out of the shade to regulate their body temperature. These animals live in trees and travel from tree to tree using canopy vines.
Sloths spend the majority of their time up in the canopy, coming down only one time per week to relieve themselves. The trees provide natural protection from predators such as jaguars and eagles. They venture down on rare occasion to find food or to mate
One of the most exciting facts about slots is they risk their life to poop
As you know, as we eat, we have to ... Uhm. You know sweat it, so sloths answer the nature ' s call on the ground. They have little or no power in their back legs. so, they drag themselves along using only their long-clawed front arms, which makes them enormously vulnerable to predator during their routine bathroom trips
They are also very well swimmers. They move through water up to three times faster than they move on land. They can slow their heart rates to one-third of its average pace which allows sloth to hold their breath underwater for 40 minute
One more fact: they digest as slow as they move
You are what you eat, and the sloth's diet consists almost entirely of energy-poor leaves, twigs, and buds from their trees that they inhabit. Because they don't have incisors (cutting tooth at the front of teeth set), they trim down leaves by smacking their lips together. A low metabolic rate means sloths can survive on relatively small or little food. It can take up to a month to digest a single foliage-filled meal in short; they don't have enough energy to promptly digest a diet that is low in energy creating the life long cycle of sluggishness they travel 41 yards per day it is less than half the length of a football field
As a result of the slow movement, a lot of fungi grow on hairs of sloths which works as food for many insects
In a recent study, it is found out of 74 fungi spices found in sloth ' s fur, three exhibits positive effect in fighting human breast cancer strains. Eight showed potential benefits in battling charges disease; much research remains to be done. Thus we can conclude they may hold the key in curing some cancers
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