anteater
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Nawee Changpirom has spent years working to rescue trafficked wildlife in Thailand, but even he can sometimes hardly believe the creatures he has found: leopards, hornbills, and once an anteater.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
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
She was called an "amiable anteater" with an "unbelievable nose", who resembled "a myopic gazelle".
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2023
“Are these”—James held up a bag with eight bouncy balls inside, each with a letter written on it—“really Mr. Griswold’s games?’’James manipulated the balls in the bag so they spelled out the word anteater.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
Giant anteaters have black and white diagonal stripes, dense shaggy hair and super-sized snouts.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026
Extant animals like giant armadillos and giant anteaters, related to Darwin’s ancient giant sloths, have experienced similar pressures.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2024
Bushy-tailed giant anteaters galloped in the dewy grass.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
In mammals, egg laying is limited to echidnas, sometimes known as spiny anteaters, and the platypus.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2023
Thirteen out of the 26 children guessed correctly that anteaters ate ants, which wasn’t a good response rate for the first clue.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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