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Hello, this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Beth.

And I'm Neil. Phew, I've spent a day in meetings, then shopping, then collecting the kids from school.

I'm exhausted, Beth. What have you been doing today?

Not much, just sitting around, doing nothing, relaxing and kicking back.

Lucky you, don't you have any work to do?

It may not look at Neil, but I'm actually as busy as a bee.

If you've seen nature documentaries about worker bees flying from flower to flower,

you probably think animals are always on the move.

But the surprising truth is, away from the cameras,

most animals spend most of their time doing absolutely nothing at all.

In the natural world where finding food and shelter is hard work,

why have some animals evolved to do nothing?

And if it's good enough for animals, would be lazy work for humans too.

That's what we'll be discussing in this programme and, as usual,

we'll be learning some useful new vocabulary as well.

But first, let me work up the energy to ask you a question, Neil.

Of course, some animals have a reputation for lounging about.

Lions, for example, can sleep up to 20 hours a day.

But what is the slowest moving animal on earth?

Is it A, the giant tortoise, B, the three-toed sloth, or C, the koala?

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