Three-toed sloths poop about once a week. They climb down to the base of their tree and poo with a blissed-out expression on their faces.
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Sloths "are the least mobile mammal" and "rely almost entirely on crypsis" for protection from predators (great life advice)
Why take the predator risk by climbing down, instead of just pooing from the top of the tree?
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Answer: they poo in the same place to provide breeding grounds for the moths that live in their fur supporting algae colonies which they eat
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Headcanon: they poo on Sloth Day http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/281/1778/20133006.short …
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