"Two sloths had to make the journey from South America. These creatures cannot travel to exceed three rods a day. At this rate, they would make about a mile in about a hundred days. They must have gone about six thousand five hundred miles to reach the ark. Supposing them to have travelled by a reasonably direct route, in order to complete the journey before Noah hauled in the plank, they must have started several years before the world was created. We must also consider that these sloths had to board themselves on the way, and that most of their time had to be taken up getting food and water. It is exceedingly doubtful whether a sloth could travel six thousand miles and board himself in less than three thousand years."
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