Anteater Animals Research Paper

Anteaters are edentates. Edentate animals do not have teeth. Anteaters eat around 30,000 ants and terminates a day, ripping open anthills and termite mounds with its long, sharp claws. Its tongue is 2 feet long with tiny, sticky hooks. To avoid the pain of bites and stings, anteaters eat quickly by flicking their tongues around 150 times a minute. They also lick fruit that has fallen on the ground. Anteaters living in zoos have a different diet. A zoo in Germany offers their anteaters a mix of honey, diced fruits (including apples), boiled eggs and other proteins. In the United States, zoos feed their anteaters soft pellets made specifically for insectivores. Insectivores are animals that primarily eat insects. When a Giant Anteater feels threatened, it stands on its hind legs, hold its arms out wide with its claws spread. To keep their claws sharp, they walk on their knuckles with their claws tucked under. Can you flick your tongue in and out 150 times in a minute?
Bats are the only mammals that can fly. Other mammals glide a short distance from tree to tree, but bats can fly continuously. Bats are not blind, but need help to fly and find food in the dark. They make a noise that humans cannot hear and listen for the sound (an echo) to bounce back. This is called echolocation. Bats can tell how far away and how large …show more content…
A semiaquatic animal lives on land and water. Their big appetites for tree and plant roots are causing marsh erosion and destruction. A marsh is a low area of land that stays wet. Other creatures like crabs, snails, turtles and dragonflies live in marshes. When plants and roots are removed, the marsh and all the animals that live there die. The nutria is not endangered or threatened, and considered an invasive animal in some areas of the southern United States. Invasive animals are large groups of animals that have spread out and destroy their own habitats. Are humans