Anteaters do not produce their own stomach acid. Instead, the ants consumed are digested in the very own acid the ants carry in their bodies: Formic acid. nhc.ed.ac.uk/index.php?paβ¦
Surrealist artist Salvador Dali had a pet anteater, delivered an art lecture wearing a full diving suit with two Russian wolfhounds at his side, and had a lifelong disgust for female genitalia after stumbling upon a picture book of venereal diseases as a child en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salβ¦
Anteaters, armadillos and extinct animals such as glyptodonts, giant ground sloths, are pampatheres are all related. They share similar teeth that have no enamel and grow throughout the entire life of both animals and never completely wear down. moas.org/Discovering-the-β¦
Giant anteaters do not produce any stomach acid. Instead, the combined sting venom (formic acid) found in all of the ants it eats is used to digest the prey once it is ground up and swallowed - the ants are digested in their own venom. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giaβ¦
The winning entry in last year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition was disqualified because the anteater it featured was stuffed. theweek.co.uk/93241/anteaβ¦
There's a Russian "platypus", the Desman is nearly blind, aquatic and looks like a cross between an anteater, a mole and a river rat. arkive.org/russian-desmanβ¦
National Zoo used to host an invite only luncheon event called 'The Anteaters Association'. Guests would be served various exotic wild game, including hippopotamus tongue, elephant steak, and iguana tail. siarchives.si.edu/blog/evβ¦
The Spiny Anteater shows no interest in mating while in captivity, and therefore, no one has ever seen one ejaculate. There have been attempts, trying to force them to ejaculate through the use of electrically stimulated ejaculation, but it has only resulted in the penis swelling. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echβ¦
In 1965 students at UC Irvine voted to make the school's official mascot the Anteater. The original design was based on the Playboy bunny, but in a special follow-up election, students opted for a mascot based on the B.C. anteater instead en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniβ¦
The male Echidna (aka spiny anteater) has a 4-headed penis. Only 2 heads engorge for intercourse, alternating with each session. This is to release its' seed into the female Echidna's two-branched reproductive tract. newscientist.com/article/β¦
When a giant anteater gives birth her baby immediately climbs onto her back, where its fur markings align with hers to provide camouflage. Mothers will piggyback their babies for up to a year. animals.sandiegozoo.org/aβ¦
The platypus is not the only surviving egg-laying mammal; The Echidna is a soft, spiky, anteater resembling member of the monotreme order. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echβ¦
Platypuses aren't the only mammal that lays eggs. There are four species of echidnas (spiny anteaters) that also lay eggs. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monβ¦
The giant anteater doesn't produce hydrochloric acid in its stomach, but instead uses formic acid from the ants it consumes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giaβ¦
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