What Are The Slowest Animals In The World?
In nature, there are thousands of amazing things and attitudes that we sometimes cannot understand. But they say that everything happens one way or another for a reason, and that’s also the case for the world’s slowest animals. Would you like to meet some?
the slowest animals in the world
pygmy slow lory
This small primate lives in eastern countries such as Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and China, and is characterized by its small size and its huge, perfectly round eyes.
They usually measure between 18 and 21 centimeters and weigh around 500 grams. It has poison, which fires when it feels threatened.
It’s so slow that it only reaches half a meter a minute. Of course, he does it very cautiously, and you wouldn’t even notice he’s close.
These species can take hours to cover the same distance that we humans – who are not particularly fast – would cover in an instant.
Sloth
It received this name because of the slowness of its movements, but nothing further from reality.
This animal with a nice face, which seems to be always smiling, is very hardworking and intelligent, as it has only a minimum of energy in its body, used in a masterful way.
Its slow movements are the key to channeling this energy, because the sloth only uses the energy it has when it is attacked.
Few people know, but when they feel in danger, they can move as quickly as a cat.
Meanwhile, she doesn’t have to move much: she lives and eats in trees, and does so with very slow movements. For example, to change trees, it ‘changes’ only when it goes down to defecate.
Giant turtle
Such a thing as “you’re slower than a turtle” is even more true if it’s a giant turtle.
It can weigh about 300 kilos and measure 1.3 meters. At such a weight, it’s normal for her to be difficult to move, but her metabolism also explains her considerable slowness.
Her speed reaches 76 centimeters per minute, so imagine if she were in your house, how long would it take to get from the bedroom to the kitchen!
Koala
The koala is always asleep, or at least most of the day. And when it’s not, it moves very slowly.
In fact, they are only able to walk at about 2 km/h… I’m sure you can walk faster than that on the gym treadmill!
It is speculated that these slow movements are due to the innate lack of vision these animals possess.
As they see poorly, they prefer safe but slow movements. It cannot be said that they sleep due to tiredness…
Slug
Yes, one of the slowest animals in the world, as you can imagine, is the slug. It can walk about 300 meters per hour, so it would take more than three hours to cover a kilometer.
Its movement is very similar to that of a snail, with the difference that the slug does not carry the house on its back and, even so, it is slower than this one.
starfish
It can move at about 80 centimeters per minute, although a species is known that can only walk 25 centimeters per minute.
The advantage of this animal is that, as it lives in the sea, it can, therefore, move almost anywhere, letting itself be carried away by the marine currents.
Maybe you can even move faster, but you don’t have to. Let’s say she is “accommodated”.
snail
We know that when talking about the world’s slowest animals, talking about the snail is classic. In fact, it can only crawl 1.3 centimeters per minute. Carrying the house on your back seems to be no simple task.
On the other hand, something that certainly makes it difficult for you to move faster is the lack of legs, an issue that made your life difficult. Being a snail is not easy.
Anyway, this was the list of the slowest animals in the world, did you already know them all?
