Nobody Can Believe What Holly Willoughby Just Said About Sloths On 'This Morning'
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Holly Willoughby was left red-faced on This Morning after admitting that she thought sloths exploded if they were turned on their front.
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It doesn't take much for Phillip Schofield to burst into fits of laughter and Holly definitely gave him a reason to this morning.
After completing a segment about a retirement home for sloths, Holly and Phil were left in fits of giggles after remembering a conversation the pair had off air.
Speaking on the show, Holly said: "I thought, I'm sure I've been told and we were frantically Googling it and apparently I'm wrong.
"If you turn a sloth up the right way it will explode. I've definitely heard that somewhere but I don't know if it's true, but now I'm saying it out loud I'm questioning it.
"I've got a feeling there's some truth in it somewhere. Apparently they don't fart either. News just in."
Phil questioned his co-host and said: "Who told you that? Did you get that in Australia?"
Viewers found Holly's comment equally as funny. One fan said: "Careful of the exploding sloths."
Another added: "The big sloth debate certainly puts Brexit into perspective," while a third wrote: "No holly, sloth don't explode if they turn on their front!"
However there is a slight, and we mean slight, bit of truth to what Holly said.
No holly, sloth don't explode if they turn on their front! :joy: @thismorning #thismorning pic.twitter.com/MjSJbbjIdo
- Lily Nicholls (@l1lyn1cholls) January 9, 2019
#thismorning The big sloth debate certainly puts Brexit into perspective
- Rob Burns (@chalfy) January 9, 2019
A piece on Vox explains how sloths poo once about every three weeks but if the gases stayed in their intestines that long they could burst.
The article says: "If gases accumulated in sloths' intestines over that long a time, they might get sick - and even burst.
"So would-be sloth farts are simply reabsorbed through the intestines into the bloodstream. The gases are then respired out of the lungs: literal fart breath."
So if you think sloths are unbelievably cute, just remember that they basically fart out of their mouth.
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