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UnfairRepresent posted...

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Been watching a bunch of videos of Good Samaritans rescuing Sloths from just lying still bang smack in the middle of the road as cars go by.

I get that they are low energy but surely they still realize roads are dangerous? I thought they evolved to live in trees for protection from predators? Why are they cool with being completely and utterly open?

I mean it takes time and energy to climb down a tree, crawl to a road, crawl halfway across the road and then decide "That's it, here's the spot!" with no food or water in sight.

Because they perceive time differently than us.

Dogs perceive time quicker than us, at least 25% quicker (https://www.scientificamerican.com/ article/small-animals-live-in-a-slow-motion-world/), and this is based on metabolism.
Sloths have an incredibly slow metabolism, therefore they perceive time at a lot slower rate.
So, to them, they probably don't even see the cars going past, and think the road is always empty, except for a faint-buzzing occasionally.