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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.99,0:00:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.65,0:00:07.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I'm here to talk to you\Nabout my animal muse:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.32,0:00:08.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sloth.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.75,0:00:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.24,0:00:15.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been documenting the strange lives\Nof the world's slowest mammal
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.21,0:00:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the last 10 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.15,0:00:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still remember the first time I saw one.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.89,0:00:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was fascinated by their freaky biology.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.01,0:00:27.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, what's not to love\Nabout an animal that's born
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.65,0:00:29.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a fixed grin on its face?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.67,0:00:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.84,0:00:33.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the need to hug.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.90,0:00:35.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Audience: Awww.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.97,0:00:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But sloths are massively misunderstood.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.05,0:00:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've been saddled with a name\Nthat speaks of sin
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.32,0:00:46.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and damned for their languorous lifestyle,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.54,0:00:50.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which people seem to think\Nhas no place amongst the fittest
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.14,0:00:52.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the fast-paced race for survival.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.27,0:00:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I'm here to tell you\Nthat we've got this animal all wrong
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.51,0:01:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how understanding\Nthe truth about the sloth
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.56,0:01:06.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may help save us and this planet\Nwe both call home.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.55,0:01:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I traced sloth-based slander
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.05,0:01:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back to a Spanish\Nconquistador called Valdés,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.36,0:01:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who gave the first description of a sloth\Nin his encyclopedia of the New World.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.62,0:01:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said the sloth was
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.56,0:01:24.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"the stupidest animal\Nthat can be found in the world ...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.87,0:01:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have never seen such an ugly animal\Nor one that is more useless."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.08,0:01:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.74,0:01:33.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tell us what you really think, Valdés.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.89,0:01:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.52,0:01:39.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like to have a word\Nabout Valdés's drawing skills.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.72,0:01:41.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.82,0:01:44.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, what is that?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.29,0:01:46.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.16,0:01:49.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've never seen an illustration\Nof a sloth that's more useless.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.72,0:01:50.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.97,0:01:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I mean, on the plus side,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.40,0:01:54.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he has given the sloth\Na remarkably humanlike face,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.88,0:01:58.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sloths do have remarkably\Nhumanlike faces.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.97,0:02:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This sloth I photographed in Costa Rica,\NI think looks a lot like Ringo Starr.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.00,0:02:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.92,0:02:10.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then, sloths do bear an uncanny\Nresemblance to the The Beatles.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.79,0:02:14.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.13,0:02:17.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Particularly pleased\Nwith Paul, actually, on there.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.100,0:02:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But like The Beatles,\Nsloths are also extremely successful.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.17,0:02:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They come from an ancient line of mammals\Nand there were once dozens of species,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.15,0:02:32.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including the giant ground sloth,\Nwhich was the size of a small elephant
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.71,0:02:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of the only animals big enough\Nto eat avocado pits whole
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.100,0:02:38.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and disperse them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.38,0:02:40.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So ... \N(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.33,0:02:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of you have worked it out already.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.23,0:02:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.25,0:02:46.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That means that without sloths,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.27,0:02:49.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there might be no avocado on toast today,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.59,0:02:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leaving hipsters everywhere\Ntotally bereft of breakfast.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.96,0:02:55.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.79,0:03:01.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.25,0:03:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, there are six surviving species\Nand they fall into two groups.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.17,0:03:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got your Bradypus\Nthree-toed sloths,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.79,0:03:11.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're the ones with the Beatles haircuts\Nand the Mona Lisa smiles.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.57,0:03:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, there are the two-toed sloths.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.50,0:03:18.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They look a little bit more like a cross\Nbetween a Wookiee and a pig.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.89,0:03:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They live in the jungles\Nof Central and South America,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.52,0:03:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're extremely prolific.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.04,0:03:26.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a survey\Nthat was done in the 1970s
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.02,0:03:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a Panamanian tropical forest
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.30,0:03:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that found that sloths were the most\Nnumerically abundant large animal.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.23,0:03:37.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They took up one quarter\Nof the mammalian biomass.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.01,0:03:41.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, that's an awful lot of sloths
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.22,0:03:45.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and suggests they're doing\Nsomething very right indeed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.19,0:03:52.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what if, rather than deriding\Nthe sloth for being different,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.00,0:03:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we tried to learn from it instead?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.08,0:04:00.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We humans are obsessed with speed.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.24,0:04:03.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Busyness is a badge of honor
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.27,0:04:07.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and convenience trumps quality\Nin our quest for quick.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.55,0:04:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our addiction to the express life\Nis choking us and the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.77,0:04:20.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We idolize animals like the cheetah,\Nthe "Ferrari of the animal kingdom,"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.12,0:04:24.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,capable of doing naught to 60\Nin three seconds flat.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.64,0:04:25.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, so what?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.34,0:04:30.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.03,0:04:33.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.11,0:04:35.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.28,0:04:36.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sloth, on the other hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.80,0:04:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can reach a leisurely 17 feet a minute
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.78,0:04:42.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the wind behind it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.42,0:04:44.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.18,0:04:47.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But being fast is costly.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.42,0:04:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cheetah is speedy,\Nbut at the expense of strength.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.43,0:04:53.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can't risk getting in a fight,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.20,0:04:57.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they lose one in nine kills\Nto tougher predators like hyenas.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.59,0:04:59.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No wonder they're laughing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.18,0:05:00.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.36,0:05:01.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sloth, on the other hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.78,0:05:04.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has taken a more stealthy\Napproach to dinner.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.73,0:05:08.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They survive by capturing and consuming
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.49,0:05:10.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,static leaves.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.35,0:05:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.44,0:05:15.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you see, leaves don't want\Nto be eaten any more than antelope do,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.74,0:05:19.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they're loaded full of toxins\Nand very hard to digest.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.11,0:05:20.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in order to consume them,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.77,0:05:24.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sloth has also\Nhad to become an athlete --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.25,0:05:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a digesting athlete.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.44,0:05:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.58,0:05:30.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sloth's secret weapon\Nis a four-chambered stomach
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.31,0:05:32.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and plenty of time.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.56,0:05:35.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have the slowest\Ndigestion rate of any mammal.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.48,0:05:39.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it can take up to a month\Nto process a single leaf,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.10,0:05:43.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which gives their liver plenty of time\Nto process those toxins.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.88,0:05:47.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, sloths aren't lazy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.12,0:05:50.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, they're busy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.86,0:05:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Digesting.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.06,0:05:53.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.58,0:05:55.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, really busy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.69,0:05:57.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.50,0:06:00.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hard at work, that sloth,\Nvery hard at work.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.83,0:06:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course, leaves\Nhave little calorific value,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.52,0:06:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so sloths have evolved to spend\Nas little energy as possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.76,0:06:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They do about 10 percent of the work\Nof a similar-sized mammal
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.15,0:06:14.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and survive on as little\Nas 100 calories a day,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.01,0:06:18.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thanks to some ingenious adaptations.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.05,0:06:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Bradypus, three-toed sloths,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.89,0:06:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they've got more neck bones\Nthan any other mammal,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.38,0:06:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even a giraffe.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.57,0:06:29.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which means they can turn their head\Nthrough 270 degrees
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.12,0:06:31.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and graze all around them,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.28,0:06:35.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without having to actually bother\Nwith the effort of moving their body.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.38,0:06:37.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.29,0:06:41.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It also means that they are\Nsurprisingly good swimmers.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.95,0:06:44.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sloths can bob along in water
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.44,0:06:47.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,three times faster\Nthan they can move on land,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.73,0:06:49.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kept afloat by ...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.72,0:06:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trapped wind.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.28,0:06:53.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.37,0:06:54.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.57,0:06:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.59,0:06:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sloths are the only mammal that we know of\Nthat don't do flatulence.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.53,0:07:01.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When they need to expel gas,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.23,0:07:04.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's actually reabsorbed\Ninto their bloodstream
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.08,0:07:07.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and expelled orally\Nas a sort of mouth fart.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.96,0:07:11.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.88,0:07:15.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Turning their lives upside down\Nsaves further energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.38,0:07:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have about half the skeletal muscle\Nof a terrestrial mammal.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.53,0:07:23.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't really have so many\Nof the extensor muscles
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.81,0:07:25.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are the weight-bearing muscles;
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.57,0:07:29.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead, they rely on retractor muscles\Nto pull themselves along.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.91,0:07:33.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have long, hooked claws\Nand a high fatigue resistance,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.98,0:07:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they can literally hook on and hang\Nlike a happy, hairy hammock
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.99,0:07:40.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for hours on end.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.87,0:07:44.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sloths can do almost anything\Nin this inverted position.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.46,0:07:47.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They sleep, eat and even give birth.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.16,0:07:50.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their throat and blood vessels\Nare uniquely adapted
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.53,0:07:54.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to pump blood and to swallow food\Nagainst the force of gravity.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.51,0:07:56.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have sticky bits on their ribs
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.02,0:08:00.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that prevent their enormous stomach\Nfrom crushing their lungs.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.26,0:08:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And their fur grows\Nthe opposite direction,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.05,0:08:07.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they can drip dry\Nafter a tropical drenching.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.70,0:08:13.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only problem is,\Nif you turn a sloth the other way up,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.69,0:08:16.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gravity removes its dignity.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.81,0:08:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Audience: Awww.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.04,0:08:20.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can't hold themselves upright.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.86,0:08:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so they drag their bodies along\Nas if mountaineering on a flat surface.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.97,0:08:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think this is why\Nthe early explorers like Valdés
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.92,0:08:30.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thought so poorly of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.20,0:08:34.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they were observing sloths\Nthe wrong way up and out of context.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.25,0:08:41.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've spent many happy hours\Nmesmerized by moving sloths.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.40,0:08:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their lack of muscle hasn't impeded\Ntheir strength or agility.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.70,0:08:51.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nature's zen masters of mellow\Nmove like "Swan Lake" in slow mo --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.26,0:08:52.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.75,0:08:56.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the core control of a tai chi master.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.54,0:09:01.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This one has fallen asleep mid-move,\Nwhich is not uncommon.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.66,0:09:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.73,0:09:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you're probably wondering:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.22,0:09:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How does a dangling bag\Nof digesting leaves avoid being eaten?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.41,0:09:12.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good question.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.59,0:09:14.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, this is one\Nof the sloth's main predators.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.94,0:09:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the harpy eagle.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.71,0:09:19.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can fly at speeds\Nof up to 50 miles per hour,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.32,0:09:22.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has talons the size of a grizzly bear's,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.03,0:09:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,razor-sharp eyesight,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.66,0:09:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that ring of feathers focuses sound
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.48,0:09:29.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that it can hear\Nthe slightest leaf rustle.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.56,0:09:34.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sloth, on the other hand,\Nhas poor hearing, bad eyesight,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.68,0:09:37.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and running from danger\Nis clearly not an option.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.18,0:09:42.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, they survive by wearing\Nan invisibility cloak
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.17,0:09:44.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,worthy of Harry Potter.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.96,0:09:48.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their fur has grooves\Nthat attract moisture
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.12,0:09:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and act as tiny hydroponic\Ngardens for algae,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.47,0:09:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they also attract\Na host of invertebrates.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.12,0:09:58.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they are their own slow-moving,\Nminiature ecosystem.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.97,0:10:01.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They become one with the trees.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.59,0:10:04.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we think that\Ntheir movements are so slow,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.19,0:10:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they slip under the radar\Nof the monstrous harpy
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.86,0:10:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it's flying about the canopy,\Nscanning for action.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.24,0:10:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sloths are stealth ninjas,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.93,0:10:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they rarely leave\Nthe safety of the canopy --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.56,0:10:18.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except to defecate,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.36,0:10:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which they do about once a week\Nat the base of a tree.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.39,0:10:26.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, this risky and energetic behavior\Nhas long been a mystery,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.89,0:10:29.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there are lots of theories\Nas to why they do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.80,0:10:36.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think they're leaving surreptitious\Nscented messages for potential mates.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.86,0:10:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because, you see, sloths are generally\Nsilent, solitary creatures,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.88,0:10:44.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except for when the female is in heat.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.32,0:10:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She will climb to the top of a tree\Nand scream for sex.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.50,0:10:50.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In D-sharp.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.75,0:10:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.75,0:10:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't believe me?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.29,0:10:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sound of sloth scream)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.30,0:10:58.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,D-sharp.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.08,0:11:02.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This and only this note\Nwill get the male's attention.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.38,0:11:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It mimics the sound\Nof the kiskadee flycatcher.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.91,0:11:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the female remains covert,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.88,0:11:10.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even when yodeling for sex\Nat the top of her lungs.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.82,0:11:15.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her clandestine booty calls\Nwill carry for miles across the canopy,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.44,0:11:18.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and males will beat\Na slow path towards her.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.95,0:11:23.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.26,0:11:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think scented messages in her dung\Nwill help send Romeo up the right tree
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.00,0:11:31.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that he doesn't waste precious energy\Nscaling the wrong one.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.81,0:11:36.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sex, by the way, is the only thing\Nthat sloths do swiftly.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.27,0:11:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've seen them do it in the wild,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.90,0:11:41.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's over and done\Nwithin a matter of seconds.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.36,0:11:44.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then, why waste precious energy on it,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.08,0:11:46.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particularly after that journey?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.12,0:11:47.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.82,0:11:49.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unlike other mammals,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.12,0:11:54.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sloths don't also waste time maintaining\Na constant warm body temperature.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.29,0:11:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Energy from the sun is free,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.01,0:11:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they bask in the sun like lizards
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.30,0:12:03.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wear an unusually thick coat\Nfor the tropics to keep that heat in.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.49,0:12:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sloths have a freakishly low metabolism.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.58,0:12:10.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we think that this might be\None of the reasons
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.18,0:12:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they can sometimes\Nrecover from injuries
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.67,0:12:14.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would kill most animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.30,0:12:18.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This sloth recovered\Nfrom a double amputation,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.36,0:12:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've known sloths\Nthat have managed to survive
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.01,0:12:24.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even power line electrocutions.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.68,0:12:30.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we now think that a low metabolism\Nmay well be key to surviving extinction.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.63,0:12:34.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Researchers at Kansas University\Nwho were studying mollusks
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.12,0:12:38.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,found that a high metabolism\Npredicted which species of mollusk
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.58,0:12:39.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had gone extinct.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.61,0:12:44.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sloths have been around on this planet\Nin one shape or another
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.61,0:12:47.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for over 40 million years.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.77,0:12:52.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The secret to their success\Nis their slothful nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.49,0:12:56.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are energy-saving icons.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.02,0:12:59.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I founded the Sloth\NAppreciation Society
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.45,0:13:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to both promote and protect\Ntheir slow, steady, sustainable lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.71,0:13:08.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a pretty speedy character.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.53,0:13:10.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sure you've guessed.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.99,0:13:14.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the sloths have taught me\Na lot about slowing down.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.75,0:13:17.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think that the planet would benefit
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.17,0:13:22.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we all took a slowly digested\Nleaf out of their book.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.75,0:13:26.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How about we all embrace our inner sloth
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.81,0:13:28.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by slowing down,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.39,0:13:29.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being more mindful,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.93,0:13:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reducing wasteful convenience,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.42,0:13:35.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being economical with our energy,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.15,0:13:37.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recycling creatively
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.20,0:13:39.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reconnecting with nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.52,0:13:43.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Otherwise, I fear,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.11,0:13:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it will be us humans that turn out to be
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.46,0:13:50.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"the stupidest animals\Nthat can be found in the world."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.62,0:13:53.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.27,0:13:54.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,May the sloth be with you!
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.69,0:13:58.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)