Everyone is well aware that the higher speed used by animals is both a means of salvation from predators and a means of successful hunting. But there are numerous creatures on our planet, for which the high speed of movement has become an unattainable goal, so they do not really need it.
10. American Whisper - 8 km/h
9. Lamantine. The lanterns are also known as "sea cows", are marine mammals that grow up to 4 meters and weigh about 590 kilograms. They live in shallow water, feeding on vegetation, but moving, moving small limbs, like feathers. Due to the disproportionately large mass ratio to the "flip" area, the manatees move very slowly.
8. Arizona Yodozube.Arizona yadozub is a very large and slow lizard. Amphibian grows up to T60 centimeters and weighs an average of 350 to 700 centimeters. The Arizona Yodozube is one of two types of poisonous lizards living in North America, but given their low speed, these amphibians are virtually completely safe for humans.
7. Sea horse.There are more than 50 species of sea gulls that have a size from 1.5 to 32 centimeters. They float in the upright position of the body, to say very poorly and inefficiently, with a maximum speed of 1.5 meters per hour. Seahorse is the slowest fish in the world.
6. Slug. Slug looks like a naked snail without a shell, which is moving very slowly. The maximum speed that resin was fixed by the scientists from whom this mollusk moved was 0.3 km / h.
5. Koala. Australian eucalyptus bears are very cute, but just as slowly moving. In some way, these funny things are right, there are a lot of leaves in the trees, grappling with them all, the more eucalyptus spit and shoots, which form the basis of their diet, poisonous to other animals.
4. Giant tortoise. Giant turtle, also known as the Seychelles gigantic turtle, is the slowest reptile in the world and one of the slowest animals in the world. They live up to 190 years and can weigh less than 300 kilograms. Oceanic islands where turtles live, where there are no natural enemies on land, have at their disposal a measured life.
3. Sea Star. There are about 1,500 species of sea stars that, though strangely, move faster than snails and laziness, located in the first two places of our ranking. On the sand, they move at a speed of 2.8 m / min, which is equivalent to 0.168 km / h.
2. Slothful. Sloth is the slowest and one of the most demanding animals on Earth. They are so slow moving, at speeds not exceeding 2m / min or 0,12km / h.
1. Snail.The title of the slowest creature in the world is the most common snail that can be found in the garden. They move at a speed of not more than 1.3 centimeters per second, which is 78cm / min or 47m / h. To overcome one kilometer, the snail will have to crawl continuously for 21 hours.