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Well, I'm not completely sure of this, but in my science class we were talking about slow- twitch muscles (like your esophagus for example) and fast twitch muscles (like your leg muscles).

Anyway, I asked do sloths have slow twitch muscles in their legs, and he said to look it up, so I did, and it turns out they do!

So the reason is they have slow twitch gastrocnemus (calf) muscles!

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What kind of sloth is the slowest?

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Which of these land animals moves most slowly?

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How fast is a three toed sloth?

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