Here are the slowest animals in the world
Slowest Animals – There are animals with speed as their strength which can be an advantage for their safety but there are also animals that move so slowly.
Three-Toed Sloth
Usually, you will see sloths barely moving in the treetops. Based on the article in Treehugger, they crawl at a breakneck pace of 1 foot per minute. This movement means that they only need a few leaves and twigs for nutrition because of their slow metabolism.
Starfish
Its tiny feet help it grasp surfaces and move around but they don’t fast. A starfish can move at the whirlwind pace of one meter (about one yard) per minute using all 15,000 of its helpful tube feet.
Giant Tortoise
Turtles move a maximum of two kilometers (1.2 miles) per hour, Stephen Blake, coordinator of the Galápagos Tortoise Movement Ecology Programme, said.
Banana Slug
They move by propelling themselves along their one muscular foot. The glands on the foot secrete dry granules of mucus. This absorbs surrounding water to turn into slime and this helps lubricate their path as they slowly crawl. “A large banana slug has been observed to cover 6.5 inches in 120 minutes,” University of Eastern Kentucky biologist Branley Allan Branson recorded.
Garden Snail
This animal has a flat, muscular organ that propels it and its top speed is 1/2 inch (1.3 centimeters) per second, but it can move as slowly as about 1/10 of an inch (.28 centimeters).
Slow Loris
It is the world’s only venomous primate. Its slow speed is mostly attributed to its lollygagger characteristic. The animal deliberately stays still until it sees a prey.
Sea Anemone
This sea creature uses its lone foo, called a pedal disc, and mucus secretions to attach itself to shells, plants, rocks, or coral reefs. It rarely detaches itself and just waits for prey. When it moves, its pace is about 4/10-inch per hour.
Manatee
It can grow up to 13 feet long and weigh as much as 3,500 pounds. With this size, it is rarely in a hurry. Its usual speed is only a couple of miles per hour but it can pick up the pace to as much as 20 miles per hour.
