There are animals for all tastes, there are the fast, the agile and the active, but on the other are the slow, calm and lazy animals, all the animals are special, each with its own characteristics, hence the great animal diversity that exists on our planet Earth.
Being slow also has its advantages. Animals that lead life in total calm are usually the ones that seem most adorable and friendly, as if we would like to have them as stuffed animals to hug them and give them a lot of affection, but look, this can be in some cases.just by appearance.
- Then discover in this article of Animal Expert.
- The 10 slowest animals in the world.
- My favorite is koala.
- What’s yours?.
The sloth is the slowest animal in the world, so much so that it makes you lazy just to see it. Its name has been used in several sentences when it is said to be extremely slow and even boring. Their vision is short-sighted and they have undeveloped ear and smell.Its English name is “lazy”, synonymous with slow motion or slow motion.Its average speed is 0.020 km / h.Es a very threatened species.
The turtle is the global symbol of slowness, although some of the sea turtles are not as slow as urban legend says, turtles are marine animals with a long life expectancy and can live up to 150 years, their average speed is 0.040 km/h.It’s the slowest reptile in the world.
These nocturnal animals like to take refuge in the trees of Australia for a long time and are considered specialized climbers, have a very padded tail that allows them to sit in it to enjoy the landscape at the top and then move at a top speed of 20 km / h A curious fact is that koalas are not bears, they fall into the category of marsupial mammals as a species, but their appearance calls them bears.
Manatees are commonly referred to as sea cows, they are very adorable and do not seem to swim, they simply float in peace, they are animals with a top speed of 5 km/h, they are usually very meek and like to stay in the shade in the shallow waters of the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean.
Manatees eat all day, gain weight and rest, currently have no predators, which makes them even slower because they don’t have to run away from anyone, they do very little exercise.
Seahorses are slow because of their complex body structure that doesn’t allow them to move too much or reach high speeds, say it’s a motor disability, which only allows them to swim vertically.
The seahorses are made to stay in the same place all their life, they are very homemade, this fish reaches only 0.09 km / h.There are more than 50 species of seahorses, all equally slow, their beauty does not lie in their movements.
The star of the sea is one of the slowest animals in the world, reaching speeds of 0.09 km/h.There are also more than 2000 types of star stars, very different from each other.Sea stars can be seen in virtually every ocean on Earth.They are not designed to travel long distances and, being very slow, get carried away by ocean currents.
This terrestrial spiral shell mollusk is extremely slow.If you see it in a garden, it may be practically in the same place the next day.They live in humid Mediterranean areas, like to hibernate for years and move with small muscle contractions of up to 0.050 km/h.they live in a garden, they don’t like sunlight very much and prefer to enjoy a good shade.
Lory is a strange but adorable type of nocturnal primate, originating in the jungles of Sri Lanka, his hands are very similar to those of humans and perform very gentle but elegant contortion movements.Among the animals on this list, the lory is one of the “fastest” animals that can reach a speed of 2 km/h.
It is very curious, small and light, its size ranges from 20 to 26 cm and can weigh up to a maximum of 350 g.Lory is a species of primate that is in grave danger of extinction due to the severe destruction of its habitat and the tendency of this adorable primate to become a “pet”.
The American Scholarship is the slowest bird in the world that inhabits the forests of North America, has a swollen body with short legs and long, pointed bill, is the winner in terms of slow flights, between 5 km / hy 8 km / h, so it really likes to be on the ground, likes to migrate at night and flies very low.
Like the star of the sea, the coral, is another that doesn’t look animal, but it is.This doesn’t make us want to kiss you, but it’s worth admiring for its incomparable beauty.Corals are the decoration of the seabed and many divers enter the depths of the sea to observe the corals, they are the winners in terms of slowness, because in reality they are marine animals that remain still, but at the same time full of life.
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