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Anteaters

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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Where does the fire ant live?

Fire ants are a variety of stinging ants of genus Solenopsis with over 280 species worldwide. However you are probably asking about the red imported fire ant(Solenopsis invicta), or simply RIFA. The red imported fire ant is native to South America, but it has become a pest in the southern United States and movement of human goods has transported the ant round the word so that it now also occurs in Australia, Taiwan, Philippines, the southern Chinese province of Guangdong and there are also reports of ant hills in Macau.

How much does a pet anteater cost?

if you were stupid enough to get one it would cost you between 5 and 10 thousand pounds. But its just cruel to be honest..... why not get a dog

Are anteaters used for purses?

No they are used for shoes in Africa and Indanisia. They are delicious with crumpets by the way! Have a nice day Larry!

How many cells are in an ant?

On the order of a few million. One gram of tissue has about a billion cells and other sources say an ant is about 0.003 grams.

What is a other name for an anteater?

Yeah, there is echidna i think but im not sure if that's the right spelling

Is an anteaters nose called a trunk?

The anteaters have trunks to eat ants and spit water like an elefant.

Can ants eat ladybugs?

Ants will not bother a ladybug unless it is eating the aphids on your plants. Ants will protect aphids from any preditor because of the secretions the aphids produce. Ants will gain up on a large ladybug, any lady bug and bring it down.

What small anteaters eat besides ants?

Nothing besides ants. I think they eat some plants too. I may not be accurately correct though, I'm dumb.

Is a anteater a reptile?

No, anteaters are edentates. They don't have teeth. Armadillos, ardvarks and pangolins are also in this family.

What do leopards eat that eat ants?

Leopards are carnivores so eat meat. The type of prey depends on where the leopards are residing. However ants will eat almost any type of food provided it can be broken down easily or is very sweet. However often ants eat fungus (The fungus is fed by the ants on rotting material such as plant matter) or nectar (collected from wasp colonies or plants) rather than more conventional food sources. However ants like flies will consume rotten meat so will often get the leftovers of what the leopard had for a meal.

What is the ant virus?

SINV-1 is a virus that occurs naturally in fire ants but need a stressor to the colony to trigger its replication. Scientist have cultivated this virus in the laboratory to introduce into fire ant colonies as a bio-pesticide to help farms loosing crops to these invaders.

Do Bengal Tigers eat anteaters?

Tigers are pure carnivores. They prefer hunting large ungulates such as chital, sambar, gaur, and to a small extent also barasingha, water buffalo, nilgai, serow and takin. Among the medium-sized prey species they frequently kill wild boar, and occasionally hog deer, muntjac and Gray langur. Small prey species such as porcupines, hares and peafowl are also hunted and form a very small part in their diet. Sometimes, they also prey on domestic livestock too that wander off into the jungles

They stay hidden and move near the unsuspecting prey. Once they are near enough, they pounce and take the prey down. They go for the throat and strangulate their prey.

Why do colored printers eat so much ink?

Each color cartridge has 3 small tanks of different colored ink. If the cartridge is the same size as the black cartridge, each color tank is 1/3 the size of the tank in the black cartridge. If you do not NEED a color copy, when you print, select properties, and check "print in greyscale" or "Black and white". You will get a black and white copy and save your color ink.

You are an ant convince an ant eater not to eat you?

Build a rocket ship, then go to mars, and start an army of ants to over run the martians, then plot your revenge on that ant eater.

Are you allowed an anteater as a pet in New Zealand?

No. Any animal that could predate on local wildlife would be prohibited.

What are all the different kinds of Anteaters?

Anteaters are the four mammal species of the suborder Vermilingua commonly known for eating ants and termites. Together with the sloths, they compose the order Pilosa. The name "anteater" is also colloquially applied to the unrelated aardvark, numbat, echidna, and pangolin.Species include the Giant Anteater Myrmecophaga tridactyla, about 1.8 m (6 ft.) long including the tail; the tamandua or collared Anteater Tamandua tetradactyla, about 90 cm (3 ft.) long; and the Silky Anteater Cyclopes didactylus, about 35 cm (14 in.) long.The term "spiny anteater" is used to refer to echidnas, which consist of the Tachyglossidae family of the order Monotremata.