in this tree there is one of the most extraordinary plant predators it's one animal that i don't need to sneak up on this extraordinary creature is half blind half death and this is just about as fast as it can move that's what can happen to you if you live on nothing but leaves it's a sloth it's not exactly an enthusiastic leaf eater a couple of half-hearted chews and the leaves go straight down to its stomach leaves however are not easily digested the slaves technique is to give them time then
eventually this mobile compost heap pulls itself together and starts on a long and dangerous journey this is a very unusual sight a sloth in a hurry it wants to defecate and the only place it's happy doing that oddly enough is down on the ground it only does it about once a week but why does it come down to the ground to do it and why does it nearly always choose to do so in exactly the same place whatever the reason it must be very important for a sloth on the ground is almost helpless any pre
dator could attack it and it doesn't have the speed to escape why it comes down in this way is a mystery nobody knows now he's finished and back he goes up to the safety of the canopy leaves are not very nutritious the sloath's way of compensating for that is not to eat more but to do less its claws hook over the branches so that the sloth can hang without any effort of its muscles which have been reduced to thin ribbons and to save energy it spends most of its time hanging around half asleep in
the treetops so with very little muscle and a reaction time only a quarter as fast as ours how does a sloth's day compare with our day in the time it takes me to write a few letters the sloth just about manages to groom itself while we have our lunch the sloth nibbles a few leaves and then as we film the sequence for the series it's time for another you
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David Attenborough: “boo!” Sloth: 👁👄👁
"The sloth's way of compensating for that is not to eat more, but to do less." My man
'An unusual sight, a sloth in a hurry' - of course it's in a hurry, you just called him a compost heap.
This is how most of our parents describe us to our relatives.
“But why does it come down to the ground to do it?” It’s called having class
“Half blind, half deaf. Thats what happens when all you eat is leaves.” Vegans: FUUUUU-
How to survive evolution: 1. Eat no nutrients 2. Do nothing
Update: The sloth has now finally reacted to David's scary surprise, and is now attending sloth rehab. A slow recovery is expected
"Why he comes down to defacate on the floor is a mystery" no it aint he doesnt want poo falling on folks heads. They may be sloths, but they are courteous
1:17 imagine taking a dump and a big human is sitting next to you telling everybody about your dump
"This extraordinary creature is half-blind, half deaf and this is just about as fast as it can move That's what can happen to you if you live on nothing but leaves" angry vegan noises
There it is boys, that’s the ceo of Internet explorer right there
alt title: "david attenborough roasts sloth for 3 minutes straight"
"To save energy, it spends most of its time hanging around half asleep" I felt that
Not so fun fact: Sloths have such an incredibly slow metabolism that if it overeats it will die from exhaustion because it takes so much energy to break down an extra large meal that it will perish before all the nutrients can be broken down and absorbed.
No one gonna talk about the sloth’s expression when David Attenborough narrates him defecating as the sloth does the slow head turn like, “Really? No respect for privacy? You’re just gonna give a diegetic analysis of my bathroom break?”
Sloth: has sick claws like wolverine Also Sloth: Gets called a 'mobile compose heap' by Sir David Attenborough
1:27 Sloth to the cameraman: Bruh, do you mind?
Damn, imagine going about your day then someone says “boo” and just starts roasting you
Mr Attenborough's face just before he said the boo was so mischievous, wide eyed and childlike. You can see he thoroughly prepared for that boo. I love seeing this side of him.