{"id":2188917,"date":"2025-10-24T18:47:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T16:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=2188917"},"modified":"2025-10-31T16:44:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T15:44:20","slug":"the-10-slowest-animals-on-the-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/the-10-slowest-animals-on-the-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"The 10 slowest animals on the planet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since attention is often focused on the largest, fastest, and strongest members of the animal kingdom, it’s time to correct this injustice. So, now let’s talk about the slowest animals in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

Arizona poisonous lizard<\/b><\/p>\n

This poisonous lizard moves at a speed of only 2.4 km\/h. It feeds only 10 times a year. This creature is also included in another top animal list.<\/span><\/p>\n

Koala<\/b><\/p>\n

These animals are both swimmers and runners, but they try to move as little as possible. They spend 17 hours a day motionless. During the day, they usually sleep, and at night they slowly (1 km\/h) climb trees, eating leaves.<\/span><\/p>\n

American woodcock<\/b><\/p>\n

This bird can fly at a speed of 8 km\/h (which is record slow for birds). However, thanks to its large, high-set eyes, it has a wide field of vision.<\/span><\/p>\n

This mammal weighs an average of 0.5 tons, so its slowness is not surprising. It swims mainly at a speed of 3-5 km\/h (but can go faster \u2014 up to 30 km\/h).<\/span><\/p>\n

There’s a lot of fresh and interesting stuff here <\/span>https:\/\/lasatlantis.com\/bitcoin-casino<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Lori<\/b><\/p>\n

This primate is active at night, moving at a speed of 2 km\/h.<\/span><\/p>\n

Giant tortoise<\/b><\/p>\n

Its heavy shell, large body mass (approximately 0.3 tons), and columnar limbs prevent this animal from moving faster than 0.2 km\/h. However, it lives for about 100 years.<\/span><\/p>\n

Starfish<\/b><\/p>\n

The average speed of this invertebrate is 1 cm\/s. Much depends on the species, and there are about 1,600 of them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sloth<\/b><\/p>\n

It feeds on leaves and moves only when absolutely necessary. It sleeps 15 hours a day and moves at a speed of 3-4 meters per minute. But it swims surprisingly fast \u2014 13.5 meters per minute.<\/span><\/p>\n

Grape snail<\/b><\/p>\n

Its speed does not exceed 1.3 cm\/s. However, moving on the underside of its foot, it carries a whole house on its back!<\/span><\/p>\n

Seahorse<\/b><\/p>\n

The speed of this fish is 0.04 cm\/s. In addition, it moves vertically, which definitely does not contribute to acceleration.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since attention is often focused on the largest, fastest, and strongest members of the animal kingdom, it’s time to correct this injustice. So, now let’s talk about the slowest animals in the world. Arizona poisonous lizard This poisonous lizard moves at a speed of only 2.4 km\/h. It feeds only 10 times a year. This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1178,"featured_media":2205180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/4\/49\/Koala_climbing_tree.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6988],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2188917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2188917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2188917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2188917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2205180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2188917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2188917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2188917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}