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Copenhagen Zoo - Giant anteater with young

A giant anteater with young in the stable in Copenhagen Zoo. Their exhibit actually has a funny story to it.
The anteaters used to live there in the late 80'es/early 90'es, and had three babies ( a huge rarity at the time). Then they moved to the new pampas enclosure. The breeding stopped and eventually they both died of old age. Meanwhile, the red-necked wallabies moved into their old enclosure. About ten years later, in 2002, the wallabies were moved out, and the old enclosure was recreated from photographs. A new pair of anteaters moved in, and they have so provied three healthy, young anteaters to the breeding programme.
Taken in Copenhagen Zoo, 2006.
A giant anteater with young in the stable in Copenhagen Zoo. Their exhibit actually has a funny story to it.
The anteaters used to live there in the late 80'es/early 90'es, and had three babies ( a huge rarity at the time). Then they moved to the new pampas enclosure. The breeding stopped and eventually they both died of old age. Meanwhile, the red-necked wallabies moved into their old enclosure. About ten years later, in 2002, the wallabies were moved out, and the old enclosure was recreated from photographs. A new pair of anteaters moved in, and they have so provied three healthy, young anteaters to the breeding programme.
Taken in Copenhagen Zoo, 2006.
 
Thanks you two. It took some time to get a good shot of the mother and baby, since the lighting was poor and the female kept moving around.
 
That's cool how the juvenile (what would baby Giant Anteaters be called anyway?) blends in with the dam's coat pattern.
 

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