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How does the sloth fit into evolution?
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<blockquote data-quote="Eldalar" data-source="post: 61058525" data-attributes="member: 304084"><p>There are 2 reasons I know of:</p><p></p><p>1. Energy efficiency, the slow movement, low body temperature and overall energy efficiency of their body enable them to survive with far less or rather far more inefficient food then normally, they are living on trees and eating mostly leaves that are not very efficient when it comes to the energy they give. But they don't run away and most of the time there should be quite a few of those, so the sloth doesn't have to go far or fast to catch his food.</p><p></p><p>2. The slow movement actually is their tactic against predators, most if not all predators are attracted to sound, motion etc. so something that doesn't make much sound and moves slowly isn't going to be as likely to provoke an attack or even be noticed. Also since they live on trees they are safe from most ground dwelling predators.</p><p></p><p>At the moment they seem to be rather successful, with 4 of the 6 sloth species being on the "least concern"-list of endangered species, only 2 being on the "endangered" and "critical endagered"-list.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eldalar, post: 61058525, member: 304084"] There are 2 reasons I know of: 1. Energy efficiency, the slow movement, low body temperature and overall energy efficiency of their body enable them to survive with far less or rather far more inefficient food then normally, they are living on trees and eating mostly leaves that are not very efficient when it comes to the energy they give. But they don't run away and most of the time there should be quite a few of those, so the sloth doesn't have to go far or fast to catch his food. 2. The slow movement actually is their tactic against predators, most if not all predators are attracted to sound, motion etc. so something that doesn't make much sound and moves slowly isn't going to be as likely to provoke an attack or even be noticed. Also since they live on trees they are safe from most ground dwelling predators. At the moment they seem to be rather successful, with 4 of the 6 sloth species being on the "least concern"-list of endangered species, only 2 being on the "endangered" and "critical endagered"-list. [/QUOTE]
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