Anteater Facts

- Anteaters are good swimmers and tree climbers.

- Anteaters can eat up to 30,000 insects in a single day.

- Giant anteaters can live up to 30 years in captivity.

- Only about 5,000 giant anteaters are left in the wild.

- Giant anteaters have no teeth.

- Anteaters sleep about 15 hours each day.

- Anteaters are also called “ant bears”.

- Giant anteaters can breed as often as every 9 months.