Sloth's bathroom habits studied.

[kerwin]

This article about a study done of sloth bathroom habits does not actually answer the question why only go poo every three weeks. It does give evidence they benefit from the practice. How significantly seems to be open to debate.

[mikeboll64]

From a sloth's point of view, a human slowly jogging past is probably moving so fast it is a blur to him.

A sloth probably sees a slow moving human the way we see a bee buzzing from flower to flower as a blur that our eyes can't keep up with.

Nature is truly amazing, and undeniably points to a truly magnificent and awe-inspiring Creator.

[Proclaimer]

I was fortunate enough to spend some weeks in the upper Amazon in Colombia about 10 years ago. While kayaking with a group through a flooded part of the forest, we saw a sloth. One of the guys, controversially, picked it up off its tree branch and threw it into the water. I thought 'what the…', but then the sloth started swimming in slow motion. I couldn't believe that he could stay afloat at that speed and he returned to the same tree if I remember rightly.

[terraricca]

I THINK how more wast you eat how more you have to go

[mikeboll64]

Quote (t8 @ Jan. 26 2014,19:31)

….but then the sloth started swimming in slow motion. I couldn't believe that he could stay afloat at that speed …..

I've seen sloths swim on nature programs. But I've never actually seen a sloth with my own eyes.

I imagine they're pretty stinky, since algae and other things grow right on them.

Someone needs to tell those pokey sons of guns that moss don't grow on a rolling stone.

[Proclaimer]

Yeah they swim faster than they climb trees, but still really slow. Pretty sure I have a photo of it somewhere.

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