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Which one of the following animals looks like a bear but is not. This animal spends 17 hours a day sleeping while hanging upside down on a tree branch and eats the leaves of the same tree. The average life of this animal is almost 40 years and in their time at moves around only eight trees

A.
Chimpanzee
B.
Langur
C.
Panda
D.
Sloth

Solution:

Explanation:About Sloth:Sloths sleep for almost 17 hours per day.That leaves only nine hours to lumber through the trees.They maintain a low body temperature of about 86°F-93°F.They move in and out of shade to regulate their body temperature.The sloth eats the leaves of the same tree on which it lives.It hardly needs anything else.When it has eaten enough leaves from that tree, it moves to the nearby tree.Sloths live for about 40 years.In that time they move around only eight trees.Once a week it comes down from the tree to relieve itself.Thus, sloth is the correct answer.

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