This Animal Poops Once A Week

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Sloths, like all living things, need to defecate, which usually happens once per week.

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They are known for their incredibly slow-moving natures, but it turns out that such sluggishness also carries over into their bathroom habits.

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Sloths only defecate every five to seven days on average, and actually lose up to one-third of their body weight in a single movement.

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They also eat very little food per day since digestion takes a long time to complete, sometimes even days or weeks.

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Sloths are arboreal creatures, which means that they live, work and play high up in the trees.

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Their chosen habitats are the rain and cloud forests of Central and South America.

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Most other arboreal animals, like monkeys, poop from the trees, but not sloths.

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They are known to make a slow, arduous journey from the tree canopy to the bottom of the tree in order to defecate.

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