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Anteaters only eat ants and termites with their long tongues and narrow snout. Ask questions about these sloth-like creatures here.

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What are anteaters classification?

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mammal

Can ant eater climb trees?

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Some species do, other species do not.

How do anteaters find food?

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Anteaters do not have very good eyesight but they do have an excellent sense of smell and use it to sniff out sources of food. When they find an ant or termite nest they tear open the nest with their strong fore-claws and then probe the debris with their long thin tongues.

Where are anteaters located?

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they are the fist mammals to get to south America

Do Ants really eat Grasshoppers?

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yes it has been scientifically proven that grasshoppers eat small animals such as cats, and dogs. there have also been incidents were a group of grasshoppers have eaten a babies as scientifically found by doctor Travis Hogan of Sunbury medical university in the field of study of grasshoppers and the dangers they possess

What predators do giant ant eaters have?

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sperm whale shark pilot whale

What colors are anteater fur?

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The colour of an anteater's coat depends on the species.

The Giant anteater, for example, is grey or brown, and it has a white-banded black stripe running halfway down its body. The Silky anteater has fur which is grey to yellow in colour, with a silvery sheen. The Southern Tamandua is mostly light or dark tan, or brown or black, with black markings around their shoulders which resemble a vest. The Northern Tamandua has the distinctive black vest over creamy-yellow fur.

Do humans eat anteaters?

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yes

Ants, other insects and worms .

What do you call a South American Anteater?

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The Giant Anteater, it is the largest species of anteater. It is found in Central and South America.

Do lions eat anteaters?

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Given the necessity, a lion might kill or even eat a cougar, but these two big cat species don't share a habitat. Cougars are common in North America where there are no lions. Lions are common in Africa where there are no cougars. So, there is little possibility of these two animals coming face to face in conflict.

What type of vertebrate is a anteater?

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An In-vertebrate. As in, they are not vertebrates at all. Ants are arthropods and have external skeletons, while vertebrates such as dogs, have internal skeletons

How do anteaters look like?

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go to the library and find a book with pictures of African animals, or you can go to Google, type in "Anteater then click on images and voila!! a picture of an anteater.

What is the correct name for a spiny anteater?

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The spiny anteater, more correctly known as the echidna,is a monotreme. This means it is an egg-laying mammals, one of only two such types of animals in the world. The other monotreme is the platypus.

How do anteaters catch their food?

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Based on mine and one of my friends, mine eats only LIVE small crickets (she doesn't notice dead ones) and my friend's eats meal worms, and grubs (I think), something about "it is afraid of crickets". So this is just based on mine and theirs, so go with that!

How many Giant Anteaters are there left?

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about 300 left

What body part helps the anteater?

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its long snout helps it smell out ants and then eat them. im pretty sure

Do anteaters have hooves or paws?

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hoves and pie

Do leapord frogs eat ants?

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It depends on the species of frog. The Eastern Narrowmouth Toad (Gastrophryne carolinensis) mainly lives of ants. Most frogs and toads however rather avoid ants because of ther bite and/or sting.

Is the pangolin a scaly ant eater?

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Yes, Pangolins (also called a scaly anteater) are mammals of the order Pholidota, and are covered in scales formed from Keratin (the only mammal to be covered with such scales). Keratin is the same material that forms our fingernails.

Why do anteaters have long noses?

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becaus they use there nose to touch the ground and easily pick up ants and insert them into there mouths... kind of like elephants