The Silky Anteater

Silky Anteaters are exactly their name- ant eaters! These slow, slothlike creatures' main and only source of food are ants. Normal Anteaters use their long, trunklike nose to consume the ants and suck them out of their hills, but the silky anteater has a short snout, and nibbles on ants instead.

Anteaters are very slow creatures, as I mentioned above- luckily their food is NOT very fast and is usually found in swarms. Your average anteater consumes about 5,000 ants every day.

Silky anteaters can be found in Central and South America. They are the smallest member of the anteater family, and are very hard to spot. In fact, it is very rare that you see them, as they are an endangered species, very small, and are nocturnal.

These tiny creatures can only grow up to be 1 foot long and typically weigh 14 oz- smaller than your average bottle of soda. Their small size definitely adds to their cuteness factor- but they have other cute points too, such as their gorgeous gold/tan colored fur and tiny snout. They have the tail of a monkey and live in the canopy of rainforests. This is another one of the things that makes this animal so unique- most anteaters live on the ground.