14 Fun Facts About Anteaters, Educational Version

By Caitlind L. Alexander

How big can a giant anteater grow to be?
How large is an anteater’s mouth?
How long is an anteater’s tongue?
How do anteater mothers carry their babies?
Learn the answer to these questions and many more in this 15-Minute Book. Anteaters are amazing animals with some very strange habits. How much do you know about them?

This Educational Version includes activities designed to reinforce Common Core Curriculum Standards.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: LearningIsland.com
• Release date: Sep 19, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301485130

Caitlind L. Alexander

Caitlind Alexander is the author of over 60 books for children, including the Jamie and Kendall Broderick Mystery series, the 14 Fun Facts and 101 Fun Facts series, the Wonderful World of Animals Series, and the Miss Jones series.She lives in California where she loves to visit historic places and learn about new things. She also loves to travel and has been all over the world.

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14 FUN FACTS ABOUT

ANTEATERS

by Caitlind L. Alexander

A LearningIsland.com

15 - Minute Book

We have used many sources to research these facts and they are accurate at time of publishing. The more we explore the wonders of our world, the more information we are discovering.

Editor: Jennifer Robinson

Title page picture by ellenm

Smashwords Edition

(c) Copyright 2004 Caitlind L. Alexander. All rights reserved.

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14 Fun Facts About Anteaters / Caitlind L. Alexander

Summary: A set of 14 Fun Facts about anteaters.

1. Anteaters. Juvenile Literature. 2. Mammals. Juvenile Literature. 3. Trivia. Juvenile Literature.

Words 1,869

Reading Level.: 5.8

Ages 8 and up.

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Anteaters are strange creatures that feed on ants and termites. Here are some fun facts that you might not know about them.

(Ellenm)

Fact 1: Anteaters can’t see very well, but they have a great sense of smell.

Anteaters, as their name says, eat ants. They also eat termites and other small bugs. Anteaters have very small eyes and they don’t seem to be able to see very well with them.

Instead, anteaters hunt by sense of smell. They can actually smell ants and termites under the ground. They can even smell which part of the termite mound has the