What Does an Anteater Look Like?
As the Largest of All Four Anteater Species, the Giant Anteater Can Reach Eight Feet Long from the Tip of Its Snout to the End of Its Tail. It Is Covered in...
As the largest of all four anteater species, the giant anteater can reach eight feet long from the tip of its snout to the end of its tail. It is covered in grayish brown fur with white front legs, black stripes running from its chest to its back, and a bushy tail.
Where do anteaters live?
Giant anteaters are found throughout Central and South America except for Guatemala, Uruguay and El Salvador, where they are considered to be extinct. They live in wetlands, grasslands and tropical forests. Giant anteaters will avoid threats if possible.
What does an anteater do?
Anteaters primarily eat ants and termites – up to 30,000 a day. Giant anteaters are well adapted to feast on their favourite foods – they are poorly sighted but use their keen sense of smell to detect ant and termite nests and then their sharp claws to rip them open.
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