Sloths take two weeks to digest their food.

In fact, they actually only defecate once every 8 days! Sloths rely on bacteria in their stomachs to digest their food. Also, their rate of digestion is dependent on the temperature. If it's night time, or they're in the shade, their digestion rate slows.

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Vigdis Westberg

That's not what I read. I read up to a month.

Randy Raglin

It can take up to 30 days to digest just one leave

Murray Ridley

This is a poor question. I disagree with the answer.

H Gail Kivol

Sloths take up to 30 days to digest their food. Your answer is misleading

Albert

Most of the authors give answer as true and yes.

Catrin Morris

I saw a study where they gave the sloth a dye ( harmless) in their food and it took 1 month to come out!

Cabalacuchi AD

Is well known they have a very slow digestion that takes almost a whole month, not 2 weeks.

Cindy B

It takes up to 30 days. Not 2 weeks.

Elizabeth Ashe

39 days is the correct answer! Get it right.

Tammie Moore

That's incorrect, it takes 30 days, humans can actually take up to 2 weeks, better check your facts.

robert

Although Sloths defecate every 8 days, they actually take up to 30 days to digest a single leaf, please check the submissions and answers before posting them, and allow, those of us who actually got it correct, to get credit.