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Linnaeus’s Two-toed Sloth

Linnaeus’s Two-toed Sloth
Updated:2023-11-05
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Brief Profile
Chinese Name
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二趾樹懶
English Name
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Linnaeus’s Two-toed Sloth
Scientific Name
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Choloepus didactylus
Details
 The Linnaeus's two-toed sloths are the world's slowest moving animal. They spent most of their lives in trees, including while feeding, sleeping and breeding. Sloths sleep 15 hours a day and, due to its slow movement, their heartbeat and metabolism are also very slow. Food will stay in the sloth's body for almost one month, and they defecate once a week. Although sloths move slowly on land, they are actually good swimmers and do well underwater.
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