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CHAGUARAMAS WILDLIFE - Tamandua |
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Often sleeping during the day in forked branches of trees, the Tamandua sticks to the trees high above the forest floor. Anchoring themselves to trees by wrapping its long powerful tail around branches so it won't fall, these creatures move with ease from limb to limb of trees. The anteater feeds on ants and termites. It will use it's long sticky tongue in the nest and the insect get stuck to it. Each time the tamandua pulls his tongue out from a ant or termite nest, it gets hundreds of delicious termites or ants. Tamandua's have a highly potent scent which they use to mark their territory, so getting to close maybe a bad idea. Although very rare sometimes Tamanduas go down to the ground, because of it's arboreal nature they wobble around when they try to walk on the forest floor. |
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The Tamandua
Scientific Name - Tamandua tetradactyla Common Name - Giant Anteater This anteater can be identified with it's long-nose and little mouth on the end. It has silky golden, brown and white fur. It has a plush woolly effect with it's dense coat, but it's prehensile tail is hairless. |
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Class: Mammalia Order: Myrmecophagidae ( Insectivore ) |
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