#DidYouKnow: Giant anteaters are edentate animals, which means they have no teeth! But this doesn't stop them from using their extremely long tongue to eat up to 35,000 ants a day. Using their strong sense of smell, which is approximately 40 times greater than that of a human, they track down anthills and then use their strong claws to tear it open. Alt text: A giant anteater with its black and white coloring heads slowly towards a log, which it sniffs for a prolonged period. Walking on its "fis

Anteaters are edentate animals—they have no teeth. But their long tongues are more than sufficient to lap up the 35,000 ants and termites they swallow whole each day. #DrKExoticVet | National Geographic Animals