Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) mounted by Mr.Monin Taxidermiste Zoo des Bruniaux
1981
Organic material
67 x 197 cm
26 3/8 x 77 1/2 in
26 3/8 x 77 1/2 in
1695
POA
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In Les Abrets en Dauphiné (France) a small zoo was established in 1968. It was called le Zoo des Abrets. The zoo was renamed Parc Zoologique des Brunniaux in 1986. This institution bred a giant anteater in captivity. When the mammal died, it was stuffed. Like all anteaters, this specimen has an elongated snout, and a thin, retractable tongue used to gobble up ants and termites. Anteaters are equipped with large, curved foreclaws to tear open ant and termite mounds. They are also helpful as a defence against predators. One can find these animals in dry tropical forests, rainforests, grasslands and even savannas.
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