Three-Toed Sloth<\/a>. Don’t you find they have a similar look to them? The Silky Anteater is even known for even being a slow moving animal, although not nearly as slow as the Sloth. Let’s face it, there are not too many animals that are Sloth Lazy!. Luckily for the Anteater, their source of food comes from insects that live in large colonies so they really don’t need to be swift as their is hardly any chasing going on. Surprisingly, this small creature can typically consume up to 5000 ants in a single day!<\/p>\nSilky Cover<\/h3>\n
Even when a predator is attacking our Anteater friend, they choose not to run. Instead they will stand and on their two back legs and hold their forelegs close to \u00a0their face so they can “punch” any attacker that gets too close. Although this defence tactic can be somewhat successful the first defence strategy of the Silky Anteater is not to be seen. In fact, it is speculated that their golden colour fur helps them blend in with the silk pod fibres found on Silk Cotton Trees. I guess you had better blend in when you are only 14″ long. Otherwise, you are just providing the Eagles with a nice, easy snack!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The last couple of Wild Facts haven’t contained too many cute animals, unless you like wet rats such as the Pyrenean Desman, but today’s fact will be all about adorable creatures. Okay, only one adorable creature but the Silky Anteater is pretty good at looking cute. This smallest member of the anteater family can be found in parts of Central and South America; however, you will have to have a keen eye if you want to spot them. Not only are these creatures small but they are also nocturnal and rare, which makes sighting them that much more pleasurable. Let’s <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,4024],"tags":[348,2855,1002,2856,4025,2853,2854],"yoast_head":"\n
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