The Slow Animal. The animal is mostly deliberate in its actions until it goes after prey. It is a land snail species and the most commonly known terrestrial mollusc.
Native to Central America the three-toed sloth Bradypodidae bradypus is the slowest mammal in the world moving at the hair raising speed of up to 24 meters per minute on the ground. They have thick and coiled shells that contribute to their super slow speed. Three-toed sloths are the slowest animals in the world native to America.
The slow loris Nycticebus bengalensis has the face of an adorable stuffed animal but a toxic bite a trait thats unique among primates and rarely found among mammals.
Three-toed sloths wont move farther than 100 feet in a day meaning that they are much tied to a unique place. Sea Anemone Anemones act as homes to small shrimp that use the anemone as a base station for cleaning parasites off of reef fish which leads to larger and healthier fish populations. Animal Icons Slowest Animals in the World. Sloths may be the slowest land animals but Sea Anemones are even slower.