A common comparison of "crawling like a snail" is really justified - snails are considered the slowest animals on the planet. But, it turns out, a sluggish person can also be compared with moles, sloths and even virgin opossums - the speed of these creatures is small.
In our today's selection - Top-10 slowest in the world of animals .It should be noted that their unhurried manner of movement is very suitable for the established way of life.
Contents:
- 10. Gavial
- 9. Snakes
- 8. Virgin opossums
- 7. Whale sharks
- 6. Moles
- 5. Field mice
- 4. Greenland polar sharks
- 3. Land turtles
- 2. Sloths
- 1. Snails
10. Gavial
A remarkable feature of this variety of crocodiles is a long narrow muzzle, almost 5 times the length of the body in childhood. On land, gavials are unable to move at speeds exceeding 5 km / h, while in water they are accelerated to 8-10 km / h.
9. Snakes
Snakes seem to be deft and fast-moving animals, however, when driving on a straight line, they rarely give out more than 10 km / h. Water snakes are much faster than their slow land fellows.
8. Virgin opossums
These little dwarfs, with all the will, are not able to exceed the speed limit of 7 km / h. Therefore, from predators, they do not run away, pretending to be dead, moreover, making an unpleasant smell.
7. Whale sharks
A ten-meter shark swims at a speed of about 5 km / h. They feed on these giants plankton, chasing which does not make any sense. By the way, such slowness makes the whale shark safe for humans.
6. Moles
Small builders of large tunnels move at a speed of about 5-7 km / h. But the moles are working pretty fast - to dig a meter long tunnel, the animal takes only 6 minutes.
5. Field mice
The slowest rodents in the world have a body length of just over 10 cm. Naturally, with such modest dimensions, it is almost impossible to move at a speed of more than 4-5 km / h.
4. Greenland Polar Sharks
Cold waters of the northern seas clearly reduce the swiftness of their cold-blooded inhabitants. Huge sharks, weighing about a ton, move smoothly and slowly, as if sleeping on the move. Their speed is about 1.5 km / h.
3. Tortoises
Sea turtles move much faster than ground ones - at a speed of up to 35 km / h. The land is rather clumsy and sluggish, they move at a speed of no more than 900 meters per hour.
2. Sloths
These animals justify their name completely. Even if you want to go down from the branch, sloths do not slide down the trunk, but simply fall down. On the ground sloths literally creep on the belly at a speed of about 150 meters per hour. However, many of them are good swimmers, developing in the water speed up to 4 km / h.
1. Snails
It takes an hour to cross a distance of half a meter in a cochlea. Although, given the size of this slowest animal on Earth, this speed is quite justified. But special mucus allows snails to easily move along a vertical surface.
