TS115+Anteater

=__ The Giant Anteater __= =** Description: **= To get food the ant eater uses its claws to tear open ant mounds and stick their long tongues in to eat the ants. It is not aggressive, but it can be. The anteaters diet is mostly rabbits,but sometimes feed on termites. The bottom of the Anteater’s tongue is blue. The anteaters length 14 inches to 10 feet.Their average life span in the wild is up to 80 years. .The giant anteater may be five to seven feet long. The anteater weighs 20 to 30 pounds. The anteaters weight is 18 to 39 kg. The anteaters life span is 27 years. Anteaters sleep up to 2 hours per day. The anteaters tail length is 650 to 900 mm. Anteaters have a great sense of smell

=** Habitat: **= Their home range is From southern Belize to northern Argentina. The anteaters habitat is Grassland savannas, swamps, humid forests, and woodlands. Anteaters never completely destroy the ant mounds that way the can go back to them for food. The anteater's tongue can lap eat up to 20 ants. An anteater can flick its tongue up to 160</range id="508881708_6"></range id="508624048_1"> times per minute.Anteaters find their prey by smell. Anteaters are generally <range type="comment" id="508881708_5">females</range id="508881708_5">.The anteaters baby will ride on its mothers back for four months until it is able to walk. The anteater gets its name because of its diet of ants. Anteaters have really sharp claws for digging in ant mounds. Anteaters have two foot long tongues. The giant anteater is near threatened.The anteater is similar to the <range type="comment" id="508881708_4">monkey</range id="508881708_4">. The gestation period of anteaters is <range type="comment" id="508881708_1">95</range id="508881708_1"> days. The tongue of an anteater can grow up to <range type="comment" id="508625374_1"><range type="comment" id="508881708_2">6</range id="508881708_2"></range id="508625374_1"> feet.The anteaters mouth contains <range type="comment" id="508881708_3">many</range id="508881708_3"> teeth.
 * Other Interesting Facts: **

Source A: [|__http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/giant-anteater/__]

Source B: [|__http://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/amazonia/facts/fact-anteater.cfm__]

Source C: __ [] __

media type="custom" key="25889430"

Questions- True of False

1. The anteater does not use its claws to protect itself. Highlight T or <range type="comment" id="508343894_1">F</range id="508343894_1">

2. The anteaters tongue is 30 cm long. Highlight T or F

3. The anteater can flick its tongue up to 150 times per minute. Highlight <range type="comment" id="508624728_2">T</range id="508624728_2"> or F

4. Anteaters eat 35 ants per day. Highlight <range type="comment" id="508624728_1">T</range id="508624728_1"> or F