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IIRC they also come down from their tree to poop once per week.
by nsguy 2y ago
IIRC they also come down from their tree to poop once per week.
- TheRoque 2y agoAnd the poop can be up to 3/4 of their total weight
- dtgriscom 2y agoWait a minute.... that article says that the contents of their stomachs can be up to a third of their weight. Add 3/4 of their weight is poop, and that's more than 100% of each sloth being either digesting leaves or digested leaves.
- at_a_remove 2y agoI think that it probably goes like: 0/0, 30/0, 0/25, 30/25, 0/50, 30/50, 0/75, so that one in emptying into the other fast enough to avoid overslothing, assuming 5% goes to making the sloth fatter. This allows for a minimum "neither tummy nor turd" 20% sloth floor value. If that were increased, we would instead see a series with smaller and smaller non-zero values for fullness as we approach maximum sloth fecalness.
- xattt 2y agoFecality factor?
- at_a_remove 2y agoSloth stool ceiling.
- labster 2y agoThe mathematics works the same way as programming projects: when the task is 90% done you get to finish the remaining 90% of the work.
- TheRoque 2y agoI made a mistake. It's 1/3, but I think it's included in the "stomach's weight". Sorry
- dumpHero2 2y agoWhy do they come down to poop?
- istjohn 2y agoThey're not going to risk having it land on some poor unsuspecting sloth below them! That would be barbaric.