Children’s story about anteaters
The little anteater’s stomach was growling with hunger, but his mom wasn’t around, so he had to go into the forest alone to find something to eat.
“I hope I can find some ants,” he thought, as he loved to feast on ants. He turned over leaves, climbed up tree trunks, and looked around carefully, searching for any sign of ants.
He was in luck and found a few ants. The ants were crawling quickly, and the little anteater extended his paw to catch them. After much effort, he managed to catch one, but it slipped through his claws.
Swallowing his saliva, he continued his search for ants. Soon, he found a few more ants on a tree trunk. The little anteater tried to catch them, but the ants swiftly crawled into a tree hole.
“I’ll dig open the tree hole and eat the ants hiding inside,” he thought, extending his claws to dig into the tree hole. But the tree trunk was too hard, and even after a long time of digging, he couldn’t open it.
He had to leave the tree hole and look for ants elsewhere. This time, he found a few ants near a small dirt pit. The little anteater tried to catch them, but the ants quickly crawled into a mud hole in the dirt pit.
“I’ll dig open the mud hole and eat the ants hiding inside,” he thought, using his claws to dig into the mud hole. But the mud hole was too deep, and even after a long time of digging, he couldn’t see any sign of the ants.
Unable to open the tree hole and unable to dig to the bottom of the mud hole, the little anteater couldn’t eat the ants hiding inside and felt a bit frustrated.
At this moment, his anteater mom came walking over from a distance.
“Sweetie, you can’t just use brute force to get things done; you need to use your brain and take advantage of your natural strengths to catch ants. Watch me,” said his mom. She carefully lay down beside the dirt pit and extended her tongue to the edge of the mud hole, quietly waiting.
The anteater mom’s tongue was covered in a sweet and sticky liquid and had tiny spines all over it. Before long, many ants were stuck to it. With a quick flick, she retracted her tongue into her mouth…
“This method is great! I’ll use this trick to eat ants from now on!” The little anteater said, imitating his mom by extending his tongue to the tree hole. Before long, he, too, was eating ants.
Knowledge Card
Anteaters inhabit grasslands, deciduous forests, and rainforests. They love to eat ants, termites, and other insects. Their tongues can extend astonishingly up to 60 centimeters and are covered in tiny spines with a lot of sticky saliva. They can flick their tongues out at a rate of 150 times per minute, and once ants are stuck to the tongue, they cannot escape.
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