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National Zoo  Search this
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YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2018-11-27T21:31:31.000Z
Views:
56,262
Video Title:
Two-toed Sloth Eats Treats
Description:
Two-toed sloth, Vlad, enjoying some treats at the Small Mammal House. Sloths metabolize food so slowly that they only defecate an average of once per week. This is quite an event for a sloth as they have to lower themselves to the base of their trees to do so and can lose up to one third body weight in a single defecation.
Video Duration:
43 sec
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YouTube Category:
Pets & Animals  Search this
Topic:
Zoology;Animals;Veterinary medicine;Animal health  Search this
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