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You go, crown cheetah. Speedy silver to you, pronghorn antelope. But, when the days get hot, relatability points to those creatures who move the slowest. To whom shall we raise a UPF 50+ hat?

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These somewhat moving beings have got going slow down to a science. Petbook offers their analysis of the Top 8 slowest moving creatures…

Top 8 Slowest Creatures. Petbook. 2024
i.    Sea Anenome. 1 cm an hour
ii.   Banana Slug. 10 cm an hour
iii.  Starfish. Averages 1 cm a minute, but can do 8 cm at full truck
iv.  Seahorse. .016 km an hour
v.   Spotted Garden Snail. .048 km an hr
vi.  Three-Toed Sloth. .24 km an hr in the trees. 2.4 meters per minute on ground. 😮‍💨 Recover by sleeping for 16 hours a day.
vii. Galapagos Giant Turtle. .3 km an hour
viii. Gopher Tortoise. .21 – .48 km an hour

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