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[5] https://slothconservation.org/think-stronger-sloth/
[6]https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10914-017-9411-z
[7] https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2019.00769/full
[8] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31588601/
[9]https://www.montclair.edu/prism/2018/11/27/sloths/
[10] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344231358_Sloths_Bradypus_variegatus_as_a_polygastric_mammal
[11] https://beckycliffe.com/sloths-slow/
[12] https://peerj.com/articles/875/
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[14] https://peerj.com/articles/5600/
[15] https://slothconservation.org/newly-published-sloths-extraordinary-metabolic-response-temperature/#:~:text=It%20appears%20that%20delicate%20adjustments,of%20hyperthermia%20at%20hot%20temperatures.
[16] https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.193.4248.157
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