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The Giant Anteater is a mammal native to Central and Southern America. As the name suggests it is the largest of all the anteater species which exclusively feed on ants and termites. They're about the size of a German Shepherd and their roughly two meter long body is divided into three equal parts; the head with the neck and long snout, the torso and the bushy tail. Their fur is grey with a black stripe bordered with creamy colour extending halfway down the back. Their front legs are creamy-white in colour resembled by the frilly shirt on their friend counterpart and their hind legs are black like her stockings.

Giant Anteaters are almost blind but have a keen sense of smell helping them find termite mounds. They dig into them with their sharp claws which they also use to scare off or kill any predators, even jaguars and humans. They never clear a mound completely but leave for the next and come back once the termite population recovered. The mothers carry their young on their back to appear even larger and more intimidating for predators. After leaving their mothers care at around nine months of age, they will stay solitary except to mate.

Due to the low nutritional value of their diet, giant anteaters move rather slow, sleep for around 16 hours a day and have a relatively low body temperature of around 33 Celsius (91°F). Now it doesn't seem so surprising their closest relative besides other anteaters are the sloths. They also use their own long, fluffy tail as a blanket when they sleep.