giant anteater
noun
: a large bushy-tailed anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) of Central and South America
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The Rupununi Savannah in the country’s south is another ecological wonder, with jaguars, giant anteaters, and 10-foot-wide lily pads.
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Becca Blond, AFAR Media, 5 Feb. 2025
Price: From $315 Argentina Glamping Los Palmares El Impenetrable National Park in northern Argentina is a wilderness mecca, home to giant anteaters and jaguars, as well as a swath of Gran Chaco, one of the world’s fastest disappearing forests.
—Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 30 Jan. 2025
When Wild Oasis opens, guests will also be able to see giant anteaters, capybaras, squirrel monkeys, and tropical birds that are new to the park in a multi-level, multi-species habitat called Habitat Hideaway.
—Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
Visitors to Los Llanos can marvel at fascinating megafauna like the giant anteater, giant river otter and green anaconda, but perhaps the most impressive natural feature of the region is its incredible avian diversity.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
As of 2021—after more than a quarter century of effort and the reintroduction of foundational species such as giant anteaters, pampa deer, collared peccaries, and others—Rewilding Argentina has released nine jaguars, marking the first time this top predator was seen in the Iberá area in 70 years.
—Karen Catchpole, TIME, 25 July 2024
Studies have found similar shifts in other species, including giant anteaters and cheetahs.
—Ethan Freedman, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
The study is based on data collected by location-tracking tags affixed to 2,300 animals from 43 species, including brown bears in Alaska, giant anteaters in Brazil, reindeer in Norway, lions in Kenya and Asian elephants in Myanmar.
—Emily Anthes, New York Times, 8 June 2023
And while only a handful of U.S. zoos have koalas, Palm Beach is home to two, Sydney and Ellin, along with sloths, giant anteaters, flamingos and many other species.
—Beth Harpaz, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2023
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Becca Blond, AFAR Media, 5 Feb. 2025
Price: From $315 Argentina Glamping Los Palmares El Impenetrable National Park in northern Argentina is a wilderness mecca, home to giant anteaters and jaguars, as well as a swath of Gran Chaco, one of the world’s fastest disappearing forests.
—Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 30 Jan. 2025
When Wild Oasis opens, guests will also be able to see giant anteaters, capybaras, squirrel monkeys, and tropical birds that are new to the park in a multi-level, multi-species habitat called Habitat Hideaway.
—Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
Visitors to Los Llanos can marvel at fascinating megafauna like the giant anteater, giant river otter and green anaconda, but perhaps the most impressive natural feature of the region is its incredible avian diversity.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
As of 2021—after more than a quarter century of effort and the reintroduction of foundational species such as giant anteaters, pampa deer, collared peccaries, and others—Rewilding Argentina has released nine jaguars, marking the first time this top predator was seen in the Iberá area in 70 years.
—Karen Catchpole, TIME, 25 July 2024
Studies have found similar shifts in other species, including giant anteaters and cheetahs.
—Ethan Freedman, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
The study is based on data collected by location-tracking tags affixed to 2,300 animals from 43 species, including brown bears in Alaska, giant anteaters in Brazil, reindeer in Norway, lions in Kenya and Asian elephants in Myanmar.
—Emily Anthes, New York Times, 8 June 2023
And while only a handful of U.S. zoos have koalas, Palm Beach is home to two, Sydney and Ellin, along with sloths, giant anteaters, flamingos and many other species.
—Beth Harpaz, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2023
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