Most Amazing and Unusual Animals on Earth. Sure, we've all heard of sloths. But they are certainly very odd and unique creatures. Rare Animals & Weird World Wonders. Energy; Habitats; Homes; Images; Nature; Tech; Travel; Wonders.
There are multiple types of sloths: Four types of three- toed sloths, or Bradypodidae. Eight varieties of Megalonychidae (including two two- toed and six extinct ground sloths)Sloths are believed to have been around for about 6. What most of them have in common is that they all mainly eat leaves, insects, small reptiles, and birds. Sloths have large slow- acting stomachs with multiple compartments. It can take a month or more for a sloth to digest something fully. These slow- acting stomachs in turn lead to a very slow digestive process and metabolism. Their metabolic rates are less than half of that of any other mammal its size, and they maintain a body temperature between 8. Sloths live in the rainforests of South and Central America, and despite their usually slow speed, they are not defenseless creatures. They will defend themselves if attacked, but it rarely comes to that because most sloths rarely visit the ground. Sloths also have a natural camouflage and move so slowly that it's difficult to spot them. Poachers pose little threat, as they have found that sloths usually do not fall from their tree perch even when shot. In fact, the sloths' main threat is not predators but deforestation. Such a slow- moving mammal is put in harm's way if it has to relocate even a half a mile. Sloths' average ground speed is about six- and- a- half feet per minute! Because sloths spend so much of their lifetimes hanging upside down, their hair grows the opposite direction of that of most mammals. This Week at Oddee Today 0 views 11 More Funny Truck Messages Yesterday 0 views 10 Hilariously Bitchy TripAdvisor Reviews Tuesday 0 views 8 Gross Things That Keep You Healthy Monday 1,021 views. Some Kind Of Wonderful Ost Rare SeedsThe hair's reversed growth pattern helps protect their skin from the elements. Sloths even give birth hanging from trees. They go to the ground to defecate about once a week, burying their feces afterwards. The only oddity is that they use the same spot every time, which places them at risk. One theory is that they do so to nourish the tree they live in. While today, sloths spend almost their entire lifetimes hanging from trees, in the past, many sloths were aquatic or ground- dwelling. Some ground- dwelling sloths could even grow to be the size of elephants. However, now these species of sloths are extinct.
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