Body temperature C Posture 35 30 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 22 Three toed

Last updated: 11/10/2023

Body temperature C Posture 35 30 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 22 Three toed sloths Bradypus variegatus are placental mammals that live in trees in Central and South America They eat leaves and fruit and get almost all their water from succulent plants 22 Three toed sloths change their body posture in response to the temperature of their environment ambient temperature Researchers assessed posture on a scale from 1 to 6 with 1 being when the sloth was curled into a tight ball and 6 when it had all limbs spread The percentage of time the sloths were observed in each position was recorded at ambient temperatures from 22 C to 34 C The researchers also measured the body temperature of the sloths over the same range of ambient temperatures 100 6543 2 1 24 0 100 24 3 2 1 26 28 30 Ambient temperature C 0 100 6 5 4 3 1 2 1 1 0 100 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 100 32 T 26 30 28 Ambient temperature C 5 4 13 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 100 32 exstri 4 34 100 34