Anteaters are really cool. Weirdly I've encountered at least a handful of people who believed that anteaters are completely defenseless, like that you could fight it unarmed and be fine. I don't know why they believed this, but they did
I had the pleasure of seeing one of these gentle giants in the wild here in Brazil, in Goiás, in the Cerrado, where I live. We call the giant anteater "Tamanduá Bandeira" for it's flag like tail and fur. Such fascinating animals to study!
In fact, everyone knows myrmecophagous placental mammals are not a monophyletic group, which is why anteaters are certainly not related to armadillos, aardvarks, and pangolins, instead anteaters are more closely related to sloths, since both sloths and anteaters are more similar than we think, which is why they are grouped together within the order Pilosa, while armadillos (family Dasypodidae) are the only extant family of the order Cingulata, the aardvark (Orycteropus afer) is the only extant species of the order Tubulidentata, and pangolins are placental mammals that comprise the order Pholidota, while Cingulata is classified with Pilosa into the superorder Xenarthra, the latter two orders Tubulidentata and Pholidota are not closely related to the former nor are they closely related to each other, the aardvark is a member of the superorder Afrotheria making it more closely related to elephants, sirenians, and hyraxes, while pangolins are part of the superorder Laurasiatheria, specifically sharing a more recent common ancestor with the carnivorans.
I imagine it's probably an individual thing and highly subjective based on many variables (such as if babies are involved), but it's likely they would run or defend depending on the situation - fight, flight, or freeze kind of scenario
Wow, you guys have really have a vivid imagination!🤯I had to watch the video for the 3rd time before seeing the pandas face🤣 Thanks for the video, learned a lot!😁
The anteater's tongue moves so fast that the ants don't have any time to react before they are sent down his throat. And once his stomach is full of ants, it grinds them up using tiny stones and its hard rough walls!
That is so disgusting. If I was the cute Cougar, I'd not hunt an ant eater. How don't the ants damage the creature's tongue even if he avoids stings to the rest of the body by not staying in one place?
Also aardvarks are not anteaters and evolved independently with them, aardvarks are more closely related to hyraxes, elephants, and sirenians while anteaters are more closely related to sloths.
What do you think of those giant anteater feets? 😉
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Anteaters are really cool. Weirdly I've encountered at least a handful of people who believed that anteaters are completely defenseless, like that you could fight it unarmed and be fine. I don't know why they believed this, but they did
I suppose they seem like harmless, lumbering loafs, but those people would be quite surprised to learn the truth I would expect!
"Ant eater's foot looks like a the face of a Panda
Me: "no it doesn-......... OH WHAT!?!?"
I had the pleasure of seeing one of these gentle giants in the wild here in Brazil, in Goiás, in the Cerrado, where I live. We call the giant anteater "Tamanduá Bandeira" for it's flag like tail and fur. Such fascinating animals to study!
Oh that's so cool!! Thank you so much for sharing!!
Did you know that anteaters are more closely related to sloths than to anything else?
Amazing how animal relationships work!
In fact, everyone knows myrmecophagous placental mammals are not a monophyletic group, which is why anteaters are certainly not related to armadillos, aardvarks, and pangolins, instead anteaters are more closely related to sloths, since both sloths and anteaters are more similar than we think, which is why they are grouped together within the order Pilosa, while armadillos (family Dasypodidae) are the only extant family of the order Cingulata, the aardvark (Orycteropus afer) is the only extant species of the order Tubulidentata, and pangolins are placental mammals that comprise the order Pholidota, while Cingulata is classified with Pilosa into the superorder Xenarthra, the latter two orders Tubulidentata and Pholidota are not closely related to the former nor are they closely related to each other, the aardvark is a member of the superorder Afrotheria making it more closely related to elephants, sirenians, and hyraxes, while pangolins are part of the superorder Laurasiatheria, specifically sharing a more recent common ancestor with the carnivorans.
Mentioned anteaters in conversation recently and was delighted to see this video posted so I could learn more about anteaters :]
Hope you enjoyed! 🥰
*Me thinking AntEaters have three heads*
Also my brain:YOUR DUM THATS THERE LEGS!
I imagine you wouldn't wanna get into a scuffle with one of these, but if encountered in the wild, what would their temperament towards humans be?
I imagine it's probably an individual thing and highly subjective based on many variables (such as if babies are involved), but it's likely they would run or defend depending on the situation - fight, flight, or freeze kind of scenario
Wow, you guys have really have a vivid imagination!🤯I had to watch the video for the 3rd time before seeing the pandas face🤣 Thanks for the video, learned a lot!😁
The anteater's tongue moves so fast that the ants don't have any time to react before they are sent down his throat. And once his stomach is full of ants, it grinds them up using tiny stones and its hard rough walls!
Your videos are great and you guys are great! Keep it up :)
Thanks so much! 😻
The giant ant eater is my spirit animal
giant anteaters are lowkey one of the signature british zoo animals
I did not know this!
Yea almost all British zoos have them. Been to at least 3 -4 with at least one. Idk how common it is out of the UK tho
That is so disgusting. If I was the cute Cougar, I'd not hunt an ant eater. How don't the ants damage the creature's tongue even if he avoids stings to the rest of the body by not staying in one place?
Actually, these days the silky anteater is considered to be several animal species instead.
Oh really?! We missed that in our research, do you have some articles you could link us to??
Great video :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
There are two families of anteaters, Cyclopedidae (Silky Anteater) and Myrmecophagidae (Giant Anteater and Tamanduas).
Sniffles from Happy Tree Friends is one.
Good vid
Thanks!
Could you do one on army ants?
Didn't mention the Ardbark though.
That's coming up soon! Stay tuned!
You mean "aardvark".
Also aardvarks are not anteaters and evolved independently with them, aardvarks are more closely related to hyraxes, elephants, and sirenians while anteaters are more closely related to sloths.
No Uncle Eaters ?
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Tysm!
Cool
Thanks!