With sloths’ relaxed and tardy nature, it seems fitting that news of the mammal’s recent achievement is spreading a day after International Sloth Day.
According to the Scientific American, research has proved that sloths officially have the slowest metabolism of any animal on Earth.
This impressive title was bestowed upon the animal after a seven-year study of three-toed sloths by scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
“We expected them to have low metabolic rates, but we found them to have tremendously low energy needs,” ecologist Jonathan Pauli told Scientific American, with a description that can also be used to...
According to the Scientific American, research has proved that sloths officially have the slowest metabolism of any animal on Earth.
This impressive title was bestowed upon the animal after a seven-year study of three-toed sloths by scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
“We expected them to have low metabolic rates, but we found them to have tremendously low energy needs,” ecologist Jonathan Pauli told Scientific American, with a description that can also be used to...
- 10/21/2016
- by kellibendertimeinc
- PEOPLE.com
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