Question

Why do sloths takes 2 weeks to digest its food?

Answer 1

It is believed that sloths have the slowest digestive rate of any mammal, but the true rate of food passage from ingestion to excretion is still debated. In 1978 Montgomery and Sunquist claimed the rate of digestion in the three-fingered sloth to be the slowest recorded for any herbivorous mammal, with 50 days being taken for the passage of 95% of 3mm glass beads. But it is highly unlikely that these beads would have passed through the sloths many stomachs in the same manner as their natural diet would. It is thought that the beads probably became lodged in the pre-pyloric stomach, lengthening the retention time.
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