Did you know how many insects a Giant Anteater can eat in a day? Candid Animal Cam
by Romina Castagnino on 4 May 2021
Every two weeks, Mongabay brings you a new episode of Candid Animal Cam, our show featuring animals caught on camera traps around the world and hosted by Romi Castagnino, our writer and conservation scientist.
Camera traps bring you closer to the secretive natural world and are an important conservation tool to study wildlife. This week we’re meeting the biggest of the four species of anteaters in the world: the giant anteater.
Giant anteaters (
Myrmecophaga tridactyla) are native to Central and South America. They have dense fur with black stripes and white front legs. Their tails are bushy and act as an insulator to keep them warm during cold nights. They might seem slow but they can climb, swim and even run at speeds of over 48 kilometers per hour.
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Did you know that a group of warthogs is called a sounder? Candid Animal Cam
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Did you know that northern tamanduas may eat up to 9,000 insects per day? Candid Animal Cam
by Romina Castagnino on 14 April 2021
Every two weeks, Mongabay brings you a new episode of Candid Animal Cam, our show featuring animals caught on camera traps around the world and hosted by Romi Castagnino, our writer and conservation scientist.
Camera traps bring you closer to the secretive natural world and are an important conservation tool to study wildlife. This week we’re meeting the northern tamandua.
The northern tamandua
(Tamandua mexicana) is a medium-sized anteater that lives in tropical and subtropical forests from southern Mexico, through Central America, to the edge of the northern Andes in South America. Tamanduas are adapted to an arboreal lifestyle; they have a prehensile tail and forefeet that enable them to grip branches and climb. They are specialized to eat termites and ants, and like other anteaters, they have no teeth. Their mouth opening is only about the di
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