An anteater's snout is long and tube-shaped, perfect for sticking into ant nests. Their tongue is round, sticky, and so long that they can flick it in and out around 150 times every minute. They use it to lick up ants and termites - up to 30,000 of them in a single day.
Because they don't have any teeth, they don't chew. They swallow the ants whole and let their tough stomach do the work. To help break the food down, they swallow tiny stones and bits of sand which grind everything up inside.
Giant anteaters have huge, bushy tails - so long that when they sleep, they curl up on the ground and use the tail like a blanket. From a distance, a sleeping anteater can look like a small bush or a pile of dry grass. It's brilliant camouflage.
Mother anteaters carry their babies on their back. The baby grips on tight, sometimes for up to a year, while mum walks around looking for ant nests. The baby's stripes line up perfectly with the mother's so it looks like one big anteater instead of two.