The world's laziest animal

Lazy species Bradypus tridactylus deserves the title of "lazy king" in the animal world because they are so lazy that they are always motionless like corpses that carnivores cannot recognize them.

In the world of animals and sloths with a name that indicates the most lazy personality. But in lazy species, there is one species considered "lazy king". "Lazy King" Bradypus tridactylus distributed in Central and South America in the woods and along the river, where the tree Cecropia lyratiloba lived.

The reason is that Bradypus tridactylus , which is considered to be the laziest lazy animal in the world, because few animals move slowly like it. The turtle, famous for being slow, also lags far behind laziness compared to Bradypus tridactylus. Scientists measured the speed of Bradypus tridactylus and found that each day, this big animal only moved on average 28 meters.

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Bradypus tridactylus' favorite dish is leaf.

The favorite dish of Bradypus tridactylus is the leaves and young branches of Cecropia lyratiloba. Because their vision and hearing are very poor, they are not blind. They look for food in the style of blind people, that is smell and touch. Even so, they were so lazy that they did not take their leaves to their mouths, but only cup the young leaves at their mouths, at a tremendous speed.

Perhaps because of the slowness of action, they consume very little energy. It takes 1 month for them to digest all the food in the stomach. Perhaps, due to laziness in finding food, their bodies digested, wasting no food at all.

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Lazy species Bradypus tridactylus has the ability to hang himself immobile on the tree for hours.

Lazy species Bradypus tridactylus has the ability to hang himself immobile on the tree for hours . Carnivores do not recognize them with motionless postures like corpses. The enemies of lazy species are quite diverse, including eagles, snakes and jaguars, but they are also protected because they spend most of their time on the trees.

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So much so that he grows moss on his body, it is indeed the "lazy king".

Because they are extremely mobile, they move very slowly, so in the rainy season, algae, mosses grow hair, making them moss green. So much so that he grows moss on his body, it is indeed the " lazy king".

The species Bradypus tridactylus has an extremely strange type of life, which is year-round throughout the month hanging up its branches. When eating, sleeping, even when laying also hangs like a hammock, tummy up to the sky. Much of Bradypus tridactylus' day was sleeping hanging from a tree . They only work for food at night.

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They have extremely sharp claws.

Although slow, but rarely other animals attack them, because they have extremely sharp claws . Normally, this set of claws helps them to hang on trees, but when in danger, they turn into weapons. Only one blow of the "lazy king" , the carnivorous animal, skinned blood. They can rotate their heads up to 270 extremely good.

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Most of the time they hang upside down on trees.

Although most of the time hung upside down in the tree, Bradypus tridactylus occasionally fell to the ground. The reason they land is to go to the bathroom. They create a hole, once a week and always go to a single place. The way they land is also extremely funny. They lie on their backs or lie on their stomachs, and their claws hit the ground to drag their bodies to the toilet.

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The mating season of Bradypus tridactylus in March and April.

The mating season of Bradypus tridactylus in March and April. Children are pregnant up to 180 days and only give birth to 1 child. The child is born to a mother in a posture hanging on the tree. Being born, lazy is known to cling to the hair and live on the womb. After 5 weeks of age, they were able to climb on their own. They are breastfed for about a month, then they chew on the leaves. At 6 months, they feed themselves.

Picture 7 of The world's laziest animal Being born, lazy is known to cling to the hair and live on the womb.