The anteater's tongue is as slender as noodles, and its length can reach 60 cm, which is equivalent to 40% of its body length. And the tongue is rich in mucus, which is used to stick ants. The anteater's tongue can quickly expand and contract at the frequency of 150 times per minute, and continuously send ants into its mouth.
The most picky eater is the anteater. In the wild, the big anteater needs to eat 30 thousand ants every day. Because it is artificially raised, you can't feed ants every day like in the wild. The zoo has prepared special alternative food for them. The staple food is miscellaneous grains bread, and the side dishes are yogurt, honey, beef, spinach, boiled eggs, soaked cat food, ant powder and so on. And papaya, cantaloupe, banana, lemon, apple and other fruits.