Anteater Coloring Pages
Welcome to my Anteaters Coloring Pages collection!
The anteater is an amazing creature with a long snout and a tongue that can reach up to 2 feet long! These fascinating animals use their specialized snouts to sniff out ant and termite nests, and then use their sticky tongues to slurp up the insects. With their bushy tails and distinctive markings, anteaters are truly unique and fascinating animals.
Realistic Anteater Coloring Pages
Cartoon / Simple Anteater Coloring Pages
Numbat Coloring Pages
Numbats are an endangered marsupial anteater (termite eater) from Western Australia.
Anteater: Adult Coloring Page
Five fun facts about anteaters:
- There are four kinds of anteater: the giant anteater, the silky anteater and two tamanduas (northern and southern). Giant anteaters are sometimes called ant bears, and with their shaggy fur and big claws you can see why.
- Anteaters don't have any teeth. A giant anteater slurps up ants and termites with a sticky tongue up to 60 cm (2 feet) long that flicks in and out about 150 times a minute. It can eat up to 30,000 of them in a single day.
- A giant anteater's sense of smell is about 40 times better than yours. Its eyesight is poor, so its nose does the work of finding nests.
- At bedtime a giant anteater curls up and pulls its bushy tail over its body like a blanket. The tail keeps it warm and helps it blend in with the leaves.
- Grown-up anteaters mostly live alone, but a baby hitches a ride on its mother's back for much of its first year.