Why are sloths so slow? - Kenny Coogan
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Published 2017-04-25
Sloths spend most of their time eating, resting, or sleeping; in fact, they descend from their treetops canopies just once a week, for a bathroom break. How are these creatures so low energy? Kenny Coogan describes the physical and behavioral adaptations that allow sloths to be so slow.
Lesson by Kenny Coogan, animation by Anton Bogaty.
All Comments (21)
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Mom: you are so lazy! me: im conserving my energy.
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"They spend most of their time eating, resting, sleeping." I think Im a sloth.
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Okay but why did someone give Thomas Jefferson a box of bones, and not tell em anything about it
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What if big foot was just an extinct giant sloth?
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They're so fast you can't see them move
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They eat the algae that grows on their back as a snack...............................I think we just found the smartest animal on earth
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I’m sorry but I lost it the minute you said “Ancient Avocados”
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plot twist: they actually live in their dreams. When we think they sleep they are awake somewhere else
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I want to revive the gaint sloths
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Ancient sloths and avocados? Say no more.
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Fun fact: In vietnamese, sloths are called “lười” which means “lazy”.
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He protecc, He attacc, But most importantly, He got some snacc in his bacc.
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I can imagine a turtle and sloth crossing the road together.
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those prehistoric avocados
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"Time is like gold." Sloth language: Time is but an illusion.
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me: well you sure are a pretty remarkable fellow sloth: dies from constipation
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Sloths are so unproblematic. I love em.
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"they compensate by not moving very much, they spend the majority of their time eating, resting or sleeping and descend from the canopy once per week for a bathroom break"- accurate description of teens in summer break
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"the heaviest of them weighing 3 metric tons" "they used their claws to climb trees" poor trees
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I want to be a vet when I grow up and this YouTube channel has been helping me learn about animals a lot. Thanks TED-Ed!
