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an anteaters tongue is about 2 feet long and very thin. it looks like a long piece of spaghetti.

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Mama anteaters usually have one baby each year. Sometimes the babies go for a ride on mama's back.

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anteaters are "edentate", which means they have no teeth.

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giant anteaters can be 7 feet long.

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silky anteaters are the size of a squirrel.

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there are 4 species of ant eaters. listing the following: Giant anteater, Silky anteater, northern tamandua, and southern tamandua.

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anteaters live in the Central and South America.

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because they don't destroy the ant hills, they can come back for another snack later.

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anteaters would spend just a minute or two in an ant hill before moving on.

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anteaters have to work quickly because those ants would HURT!!!!!!!!!

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they stick heir long snouts into the ant hills and lap up thousands of ant with their sticky tongues.

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they never destroy ant hills, but carefully take off the top portion of the hill.

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anteaters eat - you guessed it - ANTS.

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most animals are messy eaters, but not the anteater.

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>each litter can have up to 10 babies. that's 40 babies a year<

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>shrews can have as many as four litters of babies in a year<

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>they go all the time, looking for things to eat<

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>shrews are hyper<

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>they hide in caves, burrows or under old logs<

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>shrews live in most, wet places like forests, woodlands or near ponds<

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>some shrews have poisonous saliva, which paralyzes their prey<

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>these shrews can glide across the water<

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>their feet have hairs that trap bubbles<

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>some shrews are aquatic and live in or near the water<

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>the African giant shrew is about 9 inches long<

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>the smallest shrew, the pygmy shrew is the only as long as your finger<

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>most shrews are small animals<

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> shrews look a little bit like rats, but don't be fooled<

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>These small mammals aren't even closely related to rats<

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>Like moles , shrews love to eat insects<

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>they have a long, narrow body, a small head and a pointed snout<

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>Instead, shrews are more closely related to moles<

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>They also eat small mice and lizards<

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>there are over 250 species of shrews, living almost everywhere in the world, except Australia<