1. Characteristics anteater

Alias ​​anteater anteaters, are animals that live in the grasslands, savannas, and tropical forests in Central and South America. These animals are shy and prefer to live alone. His size is different, there are small, about 30cm and there are large (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), whose length reaches 2 meters. Anteater often holding her child until the age of 1 year to protect their children from predators.

2. Food anteater

Anteater has a long snout, small mouth, with tongue thin and long and curved claws and sharp to pierce the ant nest. When the ants come out and katkutan, he mangkap ant with a sticky tongue. Anteater be licking their prey very quickly, up to 150 times in 1 minute.

Anteater not have any teeth, so he immediately swallowed. The day he could take 3,000 ants. Although she likes perforate anthill, he did not want to ruin it. Other times, he would come back to haunt it again. Anteater also like to eat termites and ripe fruits on the ground.

3. senses of smell

Despite the small size of ants, he had no trouble finding prey. He did not use his eyes, because of poor eyesight, but anteater use the sense of smell. His nose has a 40 times stronger smell than humans.