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Giant anteater

Myrmecophaga tridactyla

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I found this wild giant anteater sleeping at La Aurora natural reserve

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Comments (5)
ivanrey969
Ellos duermen asi para conservar todo el calor que puedan, pues su dieta de termitas y hormigas y su metabolismo no les permite mantener una temperatura alta. de hecho son unos de los mamìferos con temperatura corporal mas baja! (32.7 C). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Anteater.
AnnvanWijgerden
Haha, great picture - I would NEVER have guessed what this is if you hadn't said its name! :-)
KarenL
Nice spot! Welcome to Project Noah!
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PublishedNovember 3, 2011

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