Read the following description of an animal and identify it "It looks like a bear but it is not. It spends almost 17 hours a day sleeping while hanging upside down on a tree branch. It eats the leaves of the same tree on which it lives. It lives for about 40 years".

Options

A. a) Langur
B. b) Chimpanzee
C. c) Panda
D. d) Sloth

Answer

D

Explanation

Sloths are inammals classified in the families Megalonychidae (two-toed sloths) and Bradypodidae (three-toed sloths), including six extant species. They are named after the capital sin of sloth because they seem slow and lazy at first glance, however, their usual idleness is due to metabolic adaptations for conserving energy. They look like bear and spend almost 17 h a day sleeping while hanging upside down on a tree to branch. They live about 40 years.