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
At a rehabilitation centre in Brazil, Fernando Faciole photographed an orphaned giant anteater pup trailing its caregiver.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025
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 showed them a picture of an anteater.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
The creature is related to current armadillos, anteaters and sloths, though in contrast to some of its relatives, Mylodon did not burrow or climb trees.
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
It is home to jaguars, pumas, giant anteaters and thousands of plant species, making it one of the most biodiverse places on earth.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2023
The first set of puzzles about anteaters and elephants had to be easier than the set of puzzles about beavers and worms, which in turn had to be easier than the final set about fish.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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