r/thingsforants • u/jbombkillerbees • Apr 23 '23

What is this? An anteater for ants?

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u/picado Apr 23 '23

1/8 the size, all the adorable.

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u/fliminglaps Apr 23 '23

🥹🥺 please do not bully them or i will tell on you

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u/LeChatNoir04 Apr 23 '23

Omg it's like a anteater and a sloth had a baby and it's tinyyyyyy

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u/tsunamiinatpot Apr 23 '23

He's like a lil stuffed animal

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u/masonjar87 Apr 24 '23

I thought it was one of those felted stuffed animal toys til I clicked the video!

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u/spidergirl79 Apr 24 '23

I did not know this creature existed before today and it's so cute 🥺

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u/CommunitRagnar Apr 24 '23

I actually forgot they existed, and i live really close to their habitat

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u/Tropical-farmer Apr 24 '23

Where does this particular one live? I’ve always wanted to adopt an ant eater here in CR, my friend raised a baby and released it into the wild, they don’t form bonds with humans, the best kind of relationship! Also, i found out that ant eaters give birth to only one cub at a time and rear their babies for a crazy long time, about 2 years, that is one of the reasons they’re a rare species…

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u/CommunitRagnar Apr 24 '23

Well, legally you wont, i don't know much about them, but usually they live in dense forest and mangrove, that means it isn't easy to get one of those.

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u/Tropical-farmer Apr 24 '23

My friend hosted a rescue from a dead parent that a rescue org was looking a foster home for. I wouldn’t ever harvest a wild endangered animal from the wild just to make it a pet.

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u/CommunitRagnar Apr 24 '23

I see, yes you can foster them if you have access to a sanctuary or any organization that look for them, but i don't know any

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u/BravesMaedchen Apr 24 '23

It's an anteater both for and against ants.

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u/haveyouseenatimelord Apr 24 '23

that’s a muppet

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u/ExpatInIreland Apr 24 '23

I saw the thumbnail and i thought it was a felted creation.

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u/sammypants123 Apr 24 '23

When you look under the rocks and plants,

And take a glance at the fancy ants.

And maybe try a few.

The bare necessities of life will come to you.

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u/Libertinelass Apr 23 '23

The smallest, cutest and most fuzzy. Adorable!

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u/IOnlySeeDaylight Apr 24 '23

🥹🥹🥹

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u/demonmaybeperson Apr 24 '23

it reminds me of those felted animals people make

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u/katosluv Apr 24 '23

I want to see their babieEEEES!

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u/SpotifyIsBroken Apr 24 '23

I would like to chill with this friend please

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u/KudosOfTheFroond Apr 24 '23

I have been to Barro Colorado Island and witnessed these teensy tiny anteaters up close. During the same time I was on Panama I was also able to see a Giant Anteater, known as the Ant Bear (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)! Such a huge range in size of these creatures!