Baby Anteater Found on Highway

Posted on 01. Oct, 2008 by in Biology & Animals, Environment

This week, authorities rescued a five day-old baby tamanduá (anteater) on a major highway in Goiânia.

babytam.jpgAnteaters are forest-dwellers that feed on termites and ants. They can grow up to three meters long and can weigh up to forty kilograms. Some types of anteaters are endangered in Brazil due to habitat destruction.

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  1. Adam Victor Brandizzi 1 October 2008 at 3:10 pm #

    I think there is some confusion. Sloths are not anteaters. This cute animal is an anteater, not a sloth :)

    As a reference, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloth and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anteater

    Anyway, great blog! Actually, I read it for training English, not Portuguese, since I’m Brazilian ;)


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