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sloths - do they eat the algae that grows on them ?

Capt'n Midnight · 2008-06-23 20:53:34

yeah the yokes that hang upside down from trees they have algae growing in their coat and since they are herbivores does anyone know if they use it as a food reserve for when times are hard ?

23-06-2008 8:53pm

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yeah the yokes that hang upside down from trees
they have algae growing in their coat and since they are herbivores does anyone know if they use it as a food reserve for when times are hard ?

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#2 23-06-2008 9:03pm

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I don't think there's any documented proof that one would.
Times don't get too hard for most sloths - they are not too picky when it comes to quality of food & a little goes a long way (They take an age to eat the food + can take days-a month to properly digest it)

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#3 23-06-2008 9:24pm

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wouldn't algae have more nutritional value than other stuff they'd normally eat

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#4 23-06-2008 9:27pm

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think of the effort, reaching alllll the way down to your side or back or what ever to fish up some untasty algae.

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