Sloths take five to seven days to digest a meal

Most herbivores supplement a leafy diet with higher energy foods like fruit and seeds.But sloths, especially three-toed sloths,rely on leaves almost exclusively.They've evolved finely tuned strategies for coping with this restricted diet.First, they extract as much energy from their food as possible.Sloths have a multi-chambered stomach that takes up a third of their body,and depending on the species,they can spend five to seven days,or even weeks, processing a meal.