In addition, in the American Naturalist of the American scientists at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, there is an explanation for why the lazy variety is sluggish and what it does for them. Through researching their diet, scientists find that the lethargic and lazy lifestyle is essential to saving valuable energy.Scientists have figured out how much energy they use during the day by feeding the leaves and drinking water mixed with isotopes and determining the amount of energy consumed.
They did this experiment with 2 toes and 3 toes in Costa Rica. The results showed that lazy only consumes about 110 calories / day – the same amount of energy as a baked potato. So far, no mammal that science has studied has been able to survive with such low energy consumption. According to scientists who are amazed at this phenomenon, the reason is also because sloths know how to effectively control body temperature. They reached the above conclusion and noted that the same biological model is quite common, but in the world there are not many animals that live only on trees and eat only leaves as sloths.
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