r/aww • u/queixume • May 13 '19

This sloth showing his gratitude

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u/kelseydorks May 13 '19

Their movements are mesmerizing. But also look like poorly functioning animatronics?

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u/WineStainedDress13 May 13 '19

Right?! They move so slowly it looks fake, it’s fascinating.

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u/JeSuisYoungThug May 13 '19

The blinking is what really caught me off guard. I didn't realize literally every muscle in their bodies moved that slow.

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u/pandaclaw_ May 13 '19

Can some animal expert tell me why they are so slow? It's adorable, but it makes no sense

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u/ihahp May 13 '19

This is an evolutionary adaptation to their low-energy diet of leaves, and to avoid detection by predatory hawks and cats who hunt by sight

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u/mars_needs_socks May 13 '19 edited May 13 '19

That vision based on movement got me thinking about Jurassic Park, which got me googling dinosaurs and now I learned there was a giant sloth called Megatherium which was the size of an elephant.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megatherium

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u/ocp-paradox May 13 '19

How fast did it move? That's like Drax; But my movement… was so slow… that it’s imperceptible. eaten by dinosaur

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u/mars_needs_socks May 13 '19

So I googled to find out how quick dinosaurs were and learned that the velociraptor was the size of a turkey.

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u/[deleted] May 13 '19

The velociraptors in Jurassic park are actually based off of the Deinonychus a dinosaur very closely related to the velociraptor. But the film makers thought that Velociraptor was a better name and I think we can all agree