Body length6 tenths m
11.1Golf tees
1.2Tree stump diameters
About 60 cm; roughly the size of a house cat
Photo from Wikimedia Commons
Three-Toed Sloth
The world champion of doing absolutely nothing quickly/Small Animals
The three-toed sloth (Bradypus) moves so slowly that algae grows on its fur, providing camouflage and a tiny portable ecosystem. It sleeps 15-20 hours per day and moves at a top speed of about 0.06 m/s. Its metabolic rate is about 40-45% of what would be expected for its body size. Sloths descend from the trees once a week to defecate, which is the most dangerous thing they do.
Measurements
Weight4 kg
1.3 thousandthsTesla Cybertrucks
13.3 millionSpider silk strands
6.3 tenthsBowling balls
About 4 kg
Maximum speed6 hundredths m/s
1.9 thousandthsHighway speeds
3Typing fingers
About 0.2 km/h; a snail is only 3x slower
Claw length1 tenths m
4.9 hundredthsDoor heights
9.09Shirt buttons
10 cm claws for gripping branches
Daily sleep duration64,800 s
259 trillionProcessor cycles
1,080Microwave minutes
1,440Elevator rides
About 18 hours per day
Neck rotation range arc3 tenths m
1.6 hundredthsBowling lanes
8.6 hundredthsParallel bar lengths
Can rotate head 270 degrees thanks to extra vertebrae
Metabolic rate at rest2.3 W
2.3 trillionthsLightning strikes
7.7 thousandthsStair climbers
4.6Christmas tree light bulbs
Extremely low metabolic rate