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STRENGTH AND SPEED 111
What animal moves The sloth is the slowest- 10 cm (4 in) a minute. But some (0.004 mph)
Slugs such as the banana slug
0.006 km/h
are among the slowest land
moving mammal, covering
animals, reaching speeds of
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only 3.5 m (11 ⁄2 ft) per minute
the slowest? on the ground. This is because tardigrades may be even slower!
microscopic creatures such as
sloths have a diet of leaves
that provides them with
very little energy.
0.05 km/h
(0.03 mph)
0.21 km/h The garden snail inches
(0.13 mph) along at 83 cm (2½ ft)
per minute because it
has only one slimy foot.
FAST FACTS
Land animals can be slow but the sea is home
to animals so slow they don’t appear to move!
0.27 km/h
(0.16 mph)
Sea sponges are the Sea stars use hundreds
slowest animals, moving of tiny feet to travel
1 mm (0.04 in) a day. 0.3 m (1 ft) a minute.
Animals move slowly for different reasons.
Heavy, bulky creatures like tortoises move
slowly because of their size and weight.
Animals like snails lack joints, which limits
their movement, while animals like sloths
have low energy levels and tire quickly. Dwarf seahorses, Greenland sharks
the slowest fish, swim move at only 1.2 km
1.5 m (5 ft) an hour. ( ⁄4 mile) an hour.
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