World Anteater Day, November 19

By Aimee Turcotte
Four baby Giant Anteaters have been born at Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo. All these babies are from Pana, a female, and E.O., a male. Pana and E.O. are both 16 years old and originally came from the Palm Beach Zoo. These Giant Anteaters arrived at Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo in late May 2015. E.O. is named after E.O. Wilson, a famous entomologist who studied ant microevolution (3).
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Pana and E.O.’s first baby, Mochilla, is a 9-year-old male who was born on February 12th, 2016, and currently resides at the Alexandria Zoo as a part of a breeding program (1, 3). Mochilla is the first Giant Anteater to be born at Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo.

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