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The anteater's tongue can reach two feet (60 cm) in length, with a width of only 1/2 inch (12.5 mm). The anteater can cover its tongue in a sticky saliva, allowing it to trap ants, and can extend and withdraw it up to 150 times per minute

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ants,beetles,and other bugs
termites mostly.
Anteaters eat ants, termites, soft fruit, other insects, and small bird eggs (if necessary)
I think they eat ants because they do not have teeth.
Mainly ants

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It feeds mainly on ants and termites an anteater

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ant eaters no they don't :,)

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neither, they eat ants!!

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