anteater

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A tamandua, or collared anteater, with prizefighter arms and curved claws that break open termite mounds, tried to ignore a car full of onlookers.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2024

Despite often being compared to pigs and South American anteater, aardvarks are not related to them.

From Science Daily • Dec. 18, 2023

“Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna has the spines of a hedgehog, the snout of an anteater and the feet of a mole,” Oxford biologist James Kempton explained in the university’s release.

From Washington Times • Nov. 10, 2023

And she does this thing where she comes up with her camera really close to my face using the .5 filter and I look like a walrus or an anteater depending on the angle.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2023

The tamandua, also known as the lesser anteater, can be found in trees and on the ground.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple