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== More pictures==
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These animals are very common there. It's funny because they are not afraid of cars or men, and they just cross the roads stopping traffic like nothing. Not that there's a lot of traffic either... <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/190.52.153.198|190.52.153.198]] ([[User talk:190.52.153.198|talk]]) 02:47, 8 September 2007 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
Umm.., I'm not really sure but I personally would go back to the main page and look at the bottom for the Wiki - sister projects, and find '''Wikipedia Commons'''. Then I'd go there and sign in or create a new user over at that Wiki. Then I think they explain to you exactly what you have to do to upload a picture. Read the disclaimers, anything you put up there you lose any rights to forever or something, I donno. Then if you figure out how to do it come back here and load us up!
I hope this helps! WE NEED GOOD ANTEATER PICS! ASK AGAIN IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS! [[User:Chrisrus|Chrisrus]] ([[User talk:Chrisrus|talk]]) 05:04, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
Why with the dead anteater? What a bummer. Replace it with a live picture unless a corpse photo in particular is more illustrative for some reason.
[[Special:Contributions/134.173.64.24|134.173.64.24]] ([[User talk:134.173.64.24|talk]]) 17:08, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
== Numbat Population ==
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''No'' animal can have only three in the world, even the most endangered have at least 100 ''in the wild''![[User:163.21.216.253|163.21.216.253]] 06:35, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
:That's not true. There was for instance onely one [[Spix's Macaw]] left ''in the wild''. Being endangered means you have a high risk to get extinct, and animals are dying out as we speak. And to remind you: for a species to get extinct you have to have less than 100 individuals for at least a small period of time. It's quite unusual for a population to drop from 100 to 0 in a second.
:By the way, the numbat is quite rare, but not that rare. Probably the writer of the text meant that there are only about 3 '''populations''' left in the world. [[User:The Claw|The Claw]] 10:16, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
OK, I frogot about the Spix's macaw, but it's still true that numbats aren't THAT rare! [[User:Dora Nichov|Dora Nichov]] 09:32, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
=By the Number =▼
:Or, there was [[Lonesome George]]. The only remaining turtle of his subspecies, until he died. 40 years as the only one in captivity, and none in the wild.
:~ender 2013-06-26 11:45:AM MST
▲==By the Number ==
That "30000 ants a day"? I've seen as high as 75000. Can somebody confirm? Or make it a range? Also, I've seen (somewhere...) they actually feed more in trees than on the ground... [[User:Trekphiler|Trekphiler]] 20:38 & 20:45, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
Well, stupid anteaters are 100% terrestrial, but tamanduas and silky anteaters definitely spend more time in trees. In fact, the silky anteater almost never reaches the ground. [[User:Dora Nichov|Dora Nichov]] 09:51, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
Excuse me? What kind of anteaters are terrestrial? [[User:Chrisrus|Chrisrus]] ([[User talk:Chrisrus|talk]]) 15:22, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
==egg laying?==▼
is it egg laying? it was not mentioned in the article. [[User:Jackzhp|Jackzhp]] ([[User talk:Jackzhp|talk]]) 17:26, 22 December 2007 (UTC)▼
it's a mammal [[User:Raresel|Rares]] ([[User talk:Raresel|talk]]) 15:29, 16 March 2008 (UTC)▼
Order is Edentata, not Pilosa▼
:Or, to be more clear, Pilosa are new-world anteaters, and are [[placental]] mammals.
:Neither of which are [[monotreme]]s (as far as I can gather).
:~ender 2013-06-26 11:48:AM MST
== Why!? ==▼
Why is the article so short on this legendary creature?! --[[Special:Contributions/80.45.58.14|80.45.58.14]] ([[User talk:80.45.58.14|talk]]) 09:16, 30 October 2008 (UTC)▼
== Ant Bear ==
Excuse me, but isn't it [[Myrmecophaga tridactyla]], not the aardvark, which is most commonly called "Ant Bear"? [[User:Chrisrus|Chrisrus]] ([[User talk:Chrisrus|talk]]) 15:29, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
== Reproduction Questions ==
▲==egg laying?==
What happens to the other males, if reproduction is Polygynous? Forced out? Killed by their rivals? Doing more dangerous stuff?
▲is it egg laying? it was not mentioned in the article. [[User:Jackzhp|Jackzhp]] ([[User talk:Jackzhp|talk]]) 17:26, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
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And can someone explain 'carrying', if the mothers can't grasp their offspring. Does this mean pouched babies (if so, until when?)?
<br>~ender 2013-06-26 11:51:AM MST
: At a guess, polygynous breeding is due to a large excess of females over males ... and carry appears to be beeing used as a synoymn for "gestate" in this case. [[Special:Contributions/62.196.17.197|62.196.17.197]] ([[User talk:62.196.17.197|talk]]) 13:37, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
== Giant, Fanged Maw ==
▲it's a mammal [[User:Raresel|Rares]] ([[User talk:Raresel|talk]]) 15:29, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
What exactly is a 'giant, fanged maw' that is made reference to at the end of the article? My impression is that a 'maw' is something like a formidable mouth.
▲Order is Edentata, not Pilosa
[[Special:Contributions/70.171.44.124|70.171.44.124]] ([[User talk:70.171.44.124|talk]]) 10:01, 12 November 2013 (UTC)BGRIFFIN
You are correct. It is a dumbed-down cartoon creature. For my part that is unencyclopedic and trivial, and I would certainly support its removal. [[User:JonRichfield|JonRichfield]] ([[User talk:JonRichfield|talk]]) 18:41, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
▲== Why!? ==
== they need to eat from 200 anthills an hour? ==
▲Why is the article so short on this legendary creature?! --[[Special:Contributions/80.45.58.14|80.45.58.14]] ([[User talk:80.45.58.14|talk]]) 09:16, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
that seems too speedy? (one every 18 seconds?) Can someone confirm this? thanks <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Adloquitur|Adloquitur]] ([[User talk:Adloquitur#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Adloquitur|contribs]]) 21:29, 18 June 2018 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:[[User:Adloquitur|@Adloquitur]] The article mentions giant anteaters usually forage from around 200 nests PER DAY, no per hour, still
:, that's quite a lot of ants. [[Special:Contributions/2A02:C7C:E35C:6A00:4B76:2E2:A77A:E447|2A02:C7C:E35C:6A00:4B76:2E2:A77A:E447]] ([[User talk:2A02:C7C:E35C:6A00:4B76:2E2:A77A:E447|talk]]) 01:54, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
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