I can go lower

Today I heard the following statement while listening to a science story on NPR:

Scientists have found that orangutans use less energy, pound-for-pound than any mammal ever studied, except for the tree sloth.

I beg to differ--or at least, to clarify. It is a fact that I have a lower metabolic rate than any orangutan. This scientific finding hasn't appeared in any journal simply because these scientists have not yet studied me.

At 1200 calories a day and minimal physical activity (although far more than any orangutan), I continue to maintain a weight of 175 pounds packed onto a 5-foot-2-inch female frame.

Those primates got nothin' on me.