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Sloth Science! The Sequential Scrunching vs. Serial Snarfling of Snails

I had been noticing some inconsistencies in the number of Snails I got from Sloths, so I decided to do some Science! and see if there was some sort of diminishing return on Sloth interactions (i.e., Sloth getting full).  Here is my data, which are inconclusive, but indicate a pretty random return on 6 Rods either all eaten by one sloth, or by 6 different sloths:

Turmali Tourma
Sloth A, Rod 1 - 8 Snails
Sloth A, Rod 2 - 8 Snails
Sloth A, Rod 3 - 7 Snails
Sloth A, Rod 4 - 9 Snails
Sloth A, Rod 5 - 8 Snails
Sloth A, Rod 6 - 8 Snails

Comparatively, when I went to 6 different sloths and fed each of them one rod, I got this:

Gondata Moo
Sloth 1 - 9 Snails
Sloth 2 - 10 Snails
Sloth 3 - 9 Snails

Pitonia Load
Sloth 4 - 9 Snails

Moti Peral

Sloth 5 - 8 Snails
Sloth 6 - 10 Snails

So, the totals for the single sloth, single bar were, in fact higher, but the overall distribution was even throughout, regardless of method.

Has anyone else done any Humbabology on the behavior of the newest inhabitants of Ur?  What are your findings?  Share them here!

Posted 8 months ago by Grem Sketch Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • This looks much like the result of mining a rock. The number of chunks is random around an average. There are no diminishing returns. 
    Posted 8 months ago by Yggdrasil Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I usually feed 8 rods at a sitting (when they'll let me) and get somewhere around 72 snails, averaging 7-9 snails per rod.
    Posted 8 months ago by Aurora Dellaterra Subscriber! | Permalink
  • 50 rods got me 430 snails.
    I haven't done more research beyond that.
    Posted 8 months ago by EE Cummings Subscriber! | Permalink