Assertion: sloth's metabolism | /r/HasProperty | slow
Facets:
value: very
type: DEGREE
value: already
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Sloths can reduce their already slow metabolism even further and slow their heart rate to less than a third of normal, allowing them to hold their breath underwater for up to 40 minutes.
text: Because leaves contain very little energy, sloths have a low metabolism (the rate at which energy is used by an organism).
text: As a result, the sloth's metabolism is very slow.
text: Since they have a slow metabolism, they need very little food.
text: They have slow metabolism and need to eat too much to get the required body nutrients.
text: Sloths have an incredibly slow metabolism.
text: Sloths have an extremely slow metabolism and have the lowest variable body temperature of any mammal.
text: This nutrient poor diet means that sloths have a very slow metabolism.
text: Sloths are slow because their metabolism is also very slow.
text: Sloths have an extremely slow metabolism
text: Such a low temperature is due to the fact that a sloth’s metabolism is extremely slow.
text: As a result, they have a very slow metabolism.
text: Its metabolism is also slow, which helps sloths survive bad injuries.
text: They have a slow metabolism, though, so they have thick fur to insulate them when their body temperature drops at night; their temperature peaks during the day when they bask in the sunlight.
text: Their metabolism is very slow, so they spend very little energy when they move.
text: Sloths have a very slow metabolism and the lowest mammal body temperature.
text: The reason why sloths tend to move slowly on most occasions is because their metabolism is extremely slow.
text: As sloths base their diet on leaves, they have evolved to function on a very slow metabolism.
text: The marine sloths of South America's Pacific coast became extinct at the end of the Pliocene following the closing of the Central American Seaway; this caused a cooling trend in the coastal waters which killed off much of the area's seagrass (and which would have also made thermoregulation difficult for the sloths, with their slow metabolism).
text: Sloths can reduce their already slow metabolism even further and slow their heart rate to less than a third of normal, allowing them to hold their breath underwater for up to 40 minutes.
text: Thanks to their slow metabolism, they only urinate/defecate about once a week.
text: They spend most of their time in trees, which helps them with predators, and they eat really little amounts because of their slow metabolism.
text: Because of their slow metabolism, it is necessary for sloths to defecate and urinate only once a week.
text: The metabolism of a sloth is very low.
text: Sloths are slow because they have a very low metabolism.
text: They have a low metabolism (the rate at which the body uses energy).
text: Sloths have low metabolisms, so they have to move slowly in order to conserve energy.
text: Because their diet consists of this poor nutrition, their metabolism is so low that it calls for their laziness and low body temperature.
text: Sloths earned their name because of their low metabolism and deliberate movements because the word sloth is synonymous with the word slow.
text: Sloths derive their name from their low metabolism and slow movement especially on the ground.