Animals with strong claws smash ice and stink 4 times as skunks

Horror, but they look so cute. Do you know what this is?

Perhaps you also understand that this world still has many strange little-known animals. Not necessarily because they appear less often, but sometimes because we rarely pay attention to them. For example, two children in the picture below, do you know which species it is?

This animal is called Tanmadua.

Perhaps you have never heard of their names before. These two creatures are Tamandua - a genus in anteater (ant eater).

Tamandua is a mammal in the family Myrmecophagidae, Pilosa. To put it more simply, they were cousins ​​of giant ant eater , but smaller in size.

Tamandua is a relative of the giant anteater.

Basically, these two mammals are quite similar: have elongated tails and mouths, small eyes, and a prickly ear. Their tongue is very long, can be up to 40cm. However Tamandua is smaller, the hair is yellow-white with a black cap on the body, and has shorter tail feathers.

Like his brother, Tamandua's main food is ant. Other than that, Tamandua was able to climb trees very well, looking for the ant nest above, while the giant anteater almost spent his life on the ground.

Tamandua is very good at climbing trees.

What other monkey?

Perhaps, rare animals have an excellent defense mechanism like Tamandua. When they are afraid of something they will stand on their hind legs, the front limb is wide to become bigger. After that, depending on the situation of the opponent, they will have appropriate policies.

When attacking, they will use sharp claws and strong hand muscles to . slap the opponent's mouth. If you don't know, this claw can be strong enough to break the ice.

Tanmadua's claws can smash ice.

When they met a larger enemy and were approached too close, they used "biological weapons" : a stream of thick, smelling liquid that flew straight into the enemy's nose. Everyone had thought that skunks were hegemony about this, but the fact that Tamandua was four times worse.

Imagine them like skunks, but four times more terrible.

Even with smaller enemies, they have appropriate countermeasures. Tamandua possesses a thick coat and very sturdy skin, prevents ants or any beetle from daring . attitudes when they feed.

Thick hair, hard skin, ants can't resist.

But excellently, Tamandua is still one of the animals listed as endangered.

The reason is because the impact from humans makes their living environment shrink too much. Moreover, excessive hunting has pushed them into an alarming situation.

There is an interesting detail about Tamandua and the anteater in general. It was in the 1700s, most Europeans believed that anteater was bisexual. Because people say, they have two genitals, one is in the right place, and the other is their long snout.