A strange creature from the genus Myrmecophaga is identified in South American continent specifically in Latin American countries and in Brazil and Argentine. This is the Giant Anteater whose fossils are discovered by the biologists from Mexico that is the evidence for its existence since thousands of years in our lovely planet. The Giant Anteater is a solitary animal which loves to live in many types of habitats specially which are ideally dense with the rain forests.
The typical size of the Giant Anteater is six to seven feet in length and it can weigh up to 60 to 100 pounds. The Giant Anteater has a very lengthy nose and a extremely narrow head with round eyes and ears. The diet program of the Giant Anteater comprises of insects, particularly ants and termites which it sniffs by means of its lengthy nose and it can consume almost 30,000 ants or termites per day. The Giant Anteater uses its potent claws to dig the anthills and termite mounds after discovering them. One more prominent feature of the Giant Anteater is their 2 feet extended tongue which also discharges sticky saliva to attract the ants and it also helps the Giant Anteater to cling the eggs of the ants with the tongue. The Giant Anteaters also really like to consume the ripe fruits if they locate. The Giant Anteater also possesses a quite powerful digestion capability to crush the large quantity of insects inside the stomach.
The gestation period in the female Giant Anteater is for practically 6 moths and she offers birth to one baby Anteater. The young Anteater rides on its mother’s back for almost a single year and wanders with the mother up to two years. The IUCN have declared the status of the Giant Anteater, a strange creature as “threatened”.
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