The Insane Biology of: Sloths
Even if you don't want to watch the whole thing, enjoy the first twenty seconds of the link. 😂 🤣
"Some sloths spend their entire life in the same tree they were born in. Never bothering to venture in any direction, for any reason."
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A good tree is hard to find. Sometimes, you just end up sitting in a bush. Damn that adventurous spirit that gripped you.
Well. A bush is better than no bush. And trees are damned tall to climb.
Imagine the arm strength required to nap like this. They move under 5m per minute. No momentum to carry them through.
You deceptively strong little buggers. Need strength - for nap.
Human muscle function vs. sloths
Their extensors are larger than their flexors.
They're contracting their muscles slowly, thereby enhancing the amount of force.
Faster (humans) isn't always better.
Still, poor things appear to fall from their trees on average once a week, for their entire life. Branch breaks are a bitch.
Human: Stubs too, whines about it for an hour.
Sloth: Falls 100m, bounce a little, and then climb back up their tree.
Their only rivals for slow metabolism are animals in hibernation. 😂 They make a sport out of every aspect of slow. 😆😍
Strong, temperature resistant, can essentially enter hibernation (shutting organs down, suppressing their metabolism) while moving around, and quickly moving between the two states.
These small sloths might be the only survivors when humans are done with earth.
Sloths have no time for human shenanigans. They have naps to plan.
I knew there was something missing in my retirement planning.
I've been napping without the use of a professional nap planner.
Might you have a sloth I might borrow for a spell?
@Madken65 You'll need to pay up those three leaves per day, so be prepared.
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