Thursday, August 4, 2011

7 Slowest Animal

| Thursday, August 4, 2011 | 0 comments

Maybe you are know about the fastest animal in worlds. But, are you know about the slowest animal in the world ?. If you wanna know that, please read article below. Here 7 slowest animal in the world :

7. Koala Bear (25mph)
    Koala is a marsupial mammal that moves slowly and nocturnal animals. Hands and feet are specially adapted for climbing trees. koala sleeping in eucalyptus trees in the daytime. Koala is one of the protected species, but is threatened by habitat loss.


6. Gila Monster (15mph)
    Gila monsters is a big and venomous lizard originally found in the United States and northern Mexico south. Though the Gila monster is venomous, its sluggish nature means that it represents little threat to humans. However, it has earned a fearsome reputation and is sometimes killed despite being protected by state law in Arizona and Nevada. This monster has powerful legs and long claws used for digging. he spent most of their time in underground burrows. they usually eat mice, baby rabbits, birds and bird eggs are found in the soil.


5. Manatee (13mph)
    Manatees (family Trichechidae, genus Trichechus) are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows. Manatees have an average weight more than 500kg and can grow more than 4.5 meters. Despite having a large size they can survive up to 70 years. Manatees spend most of their time on the plant in warm, shallow waters of approximately two meters. Manatees are herbivores and therefore only really eat water plants such as seaweed and algae.


4. Starfish (8mph)
    Starfish or sea stars are echinoderms belonging to the class Asteroidea. The names "starfish" and "sea star" essentially refer to members of the class Asteroidea. However, common usage frequently finds "starfish" and "sea star" also applied to ophiuroids which are correctly referred to as "brittle stars" or "basket stars".
Starfish with five arms are commonly found attached to the disc center. Starfish do not depend on the frame, moving hand in hand using all five fingers (although the starfish are still protected by their skeleton), but has a hydraulic water vascular system that help the starfish move.


3. Three-Toed Sloth (0.15mph)
    The three-toed sloths are tree-living insectivores from South and Central America. Three-Toed Sloth is a member of the genus Bradypus and Bradypodidae family. Notoriously slow moving, animals who are lazy. That runs on top speed of 0.15 mph. Three-Toed Sloth with the size of a small dog, with head and body have a combined height of about 60 cm, and the animals weighed from 3.5 to 4.5 kg.


2) Giant Tortoise (0.13mph)
    Giant tortoises are characteristic of certain tropical island. They are one of the animals in the world’s longest-lived, with an average age of 100 years or more. Turtle has the speed varies according to species. Turtles of the world’s slowest speed has been calculated to have 0.13 to 0.30 mph. However, when they swim, its speed can reach 22 mph.


1. Slug (0.03mph)
    Slug is a common name that is normally applied to any gastropod mollusk that lacks a shell, has a very reduced shell, or has a small internal shell.

    Fact, Slug is a slowest animal in the world. He only has a maximum speed of 0.03 mph. Make them easy to catch since prehistoric times. Slimy snail soft bodies susceptible to drying, so that the snails live confined to moist environments and must retreat to a hiding place when the weather is dry.

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