Not only is the sloth behavior, but everything in sloths is slow, but the most typical example is their digestive system.
It takes people about 1-2 days for the body to completely absorb the nutrients of a meal. As for the sloths, to digest a few leaves, they need about … 30 days.
Sloths can starve even if their stomachs are full of food!
The herbivore’s digestive system behaves very differently from the predator or omnivore we do.
In order to digest cenlulose in plants, the stomach of a leaf-eating species must have a family of symbiotic microorganisms. These microorganisms break down the leaves of the plant, creating nutrients for lazy use. In return, the lazy body is the home for microorganisms.
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It is explained that this “full stomach starving” phenomenon occurs because the body temperature slows down too low. The microorganisms cannot function in such cold conditions, stopping digestion. Therefore, being lazy, without nutrition, loses life.
Once upon a time, we used to have giant sloths
As predicted by science, prehistoric sloths are not small and lovely like today. Ancient Megatherium sloths can grow to 6-7 m tall and weigh 4-7 tons. The reason why this feature disappeared is still a mystery.
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