8 Laziest Animals in the World

Similar to people, animals also have those days when they just want to be lazy. Many animals are famous for being lazy, and they sleep your entire day away, literally more than 18 hours a day. For example, the koala in Australia is lazy but very attractive. So, do you know who are the 10 laziest animals in the world? Here we’ve listed 8 of these layabouts. Keep reading to know what are they.

8. Giant Panda

Giant pandas cut half of the time they eat every day, and most of the remaining half of the time is spent in their sleep. In the wild, giant pandas sleep for 2-4 hours in the middle of every two meals. Lying on their back, lying on their side, prone, stretching or curling up are all their preferred sleeping methods. To keep away from predators, they peculiarly prefer sleeping on trees.

7. Lemur

During the day, lemurs are very independent creatures and live their own day. However, at night, they often sleep in groups. They like to get together. Talk about hugs! Apart from contacting their family and sleeping 16 hours a day, they no longer care about anything. Lemurs are currently on the brink of extinction due to the destruction of their living environment and human hunting.

6.Owl Monkey

Owl monkeys literally sleep the entire day away; they are nocturnal animals and tend to be more active during the night. Owl monkeys have a pair of huge eyes. The iris of the eyeballs will show a beautiful mixture of red, yellow, and brown. The eyeballs also have a strong light-gathering ability, which can accurately prey at night.

5. Opossum

Possums are sleep champions,They like to move at night and can sleep 19 hours a day, which is impressive. They move extremely slowly. Once they find a place that can provide them with the food and shelter they need, they will stay and move only when absolutely necessary. The morphology of opossums is very different. Possums have a more docile personality.

4. Armadillo

Armadillos mainly inhabit woods, grasslands and deserts. Armadillos stay in caves during the day and come out for food at night. Armadillos can sleep 19 hours a day. It is the only known natural host of Mycobacterium leprae in the world. Infectious

3. Hippo

Considering their gargantuan size, it’s no wonder that hippos fall on the lazy side of the activity scale. The giant mammals sleep 16 to 20 hours a day and nap in large groups. Land or water, hippos aren’t picky, they can nab some shut-eye nearly anywhere!

2. Sloth

Sloths are the big hits in the movie "Zoo City". They are slow and naive and have won the love of countless audiences. Sloths can sleep for 20 hours a day and can endure hunger for more than a month without eating or drinking.

1. Koala

Koala are the cutest — and they also rank among the laziest! They are Australia’s national treasure and one of the top ten cutest animals in the world. Whether it is day or night, as long as the koala stays in the tree, it is basically sleeping, and can sleep up to 22 hours a day.