Assertion: koala | /r/CapableOf | conserve energy
Facets:
value: because of their low quality diet
type: CAUSE
value: during their daily activities
type: TEMPORAL
value: by their behavior
type: MANNER
value: in order to survive
type: PURPOSE
value: because of sluggish metabolism
type: CAUSE
value: for moving between feed trees
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Koalas appear lethargic in trees as they conserve energy.
text: They have a very low metabolic rate (method of breaking down nutrients to create energy) and by sleeping long hours and remaining fairly inactive, they are able to save energy.
text: Because a diet of eucalyptus leaves is low in nutrients and high in fiber, koalas sleep for the majority of their day to preserve energy.
text: Koalas need to save their energy for moving between feed trees, digesting the food they eat, looking for mates in the breeding season, and escaping from predators.
text: Since their diet is not a rich diet and it is low in calories Koalas spend a great deal of time conserving the energy that they do get from food by sleeping up to 20 hours each day.
text: Because of their low-nutrition diets and sluggish metabolism, koalas must conserve their energy.
text: By so doing they conserve as much energy as they possibly can.
text: They are not very active animals and spend a large portion of their time sitting or sleeping to conserve energy.
text: In order to survive on such a low calorie diet, they conserve energy by moving slowly and sleeping around 20 hours a day.
text: It’s because the leaves are so low in nutrients that koalas need more sleep than most animals which basically helps them conserve energy.
text: Because of their low quality diet, koalas conserve energy by their behavior.
text: Since a diet of leaves provides very little energy, koalas spend up to 18 hours a day asleep to conserve energy.
text: They are most active at night, when the lower temperatures make it possible for them to conserve more water and energy during their daily activities.
text: Koalas tend to move slowly to conserve energy.
text: They do need to conserve energy so won't run unless they have to, but when they do they can reach speeds of more than 20mph or 30km/hour over short distances.