Types of Catheters. There are three main urologic catheter types to choose from. Intermittent catheters, hydrophilic catheters, and closed system catheters. Intermittent Straight catheters. Straight catheters are a straight tube of flexible plastic or rubber. One end has a rounded tip, and the other end typically has a funnel end.
Female sloths give birth to one baby a year after a gestation period of six months. The baby sticks with the mother for about six months, grasping its momâs belly as she moves through the trees. This is an important bonding period that helps the offspring learn and develop.
A sloth's metabolic rate is nearly 40 to 45 percent that of similar-sized animals. Humans need less than a day to digest a meal, while sloths need up to a month. This slow release of nutrients means that sloths have less energy to burn and therefore need to move slower in order to conserve what energy they have. Sloths' slow metabolism also means that the animals sleep for long periods of time. Sloths sleep up to 10 hours a day while in the wild and as much as 14 hours per day while in captivity. Sloths also have half the muscle mass of other similarly-sized animals. On the ground, sloths move by dragging themselves with their long arms.