The Slowest Animal Is. An interesting fact about this animal is that it has one mate for life. The garden snail has often been considered the worlds slowest animal.
The slimy slithery animal leaves behind a wet trail along its path and makes us squirm. Learn about five of the slowest animals on the planet. While animals like the cheetah and greyhound show off their graceful speed these creatures are.
It is a land snail species and the most commonly known terrestrial mollusc.
Sloths also have a poor speed in metabolism. 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. A banana slug moves forward by relaxing and contracting its muscular foot creating a wave that makes its body move slowly. The slowest animal in the world is the Sloth.