#pygmy anteater

[life-on-our-planet]

"This slow mover is a silky anteater. His giant claw and a gripping prehensile tail help keep his balance as he walks the mangrove tightropes of the swamp." BBC Earth

#BBC earth #silky anteater #pygmy anteater #trinidad #jungle #swamp #mammalia #pilosa #insectivore #request #earthandsunandmoon

[softangelstims]

Sleepy Pygmy Anteater

sources: x x

#i just heard about them a few days ago they're so friggin cute #stim #sensory #my gifs #my post #animals #nature #anteater #pygmy anteater #silky anteater #soft #fur #plants #green #brown #trees #jungle #gif

[theyhitthepentagon]

#my truth #dont remember if i posted this #silky anteater #pygmy anteater

[farewell2nightvale]

X X X . X x X . X X X

#my stimboards #stimblr #wildlife #jungle #planet earth #stim #green #gibbon #hummingbird #jaguar #pygmy anteater

[spindash]

i love it when any creature has a silly nose such as a tapir or an anteater or even the humble shrew.....

#op #malayan tapir + giant anteater + pygmy shrew BTW

[mammalianmammals]

Silky Anteater aka Pygmy Anteater (Cyclopes dorsalis), family Cyclopedidae, Costa Rica

photograph by Raby Núñez

#anteater #pilosa #cyclopedidae #cyclopes #mammal #animals #nature #central america

[beastsdaily]

DAY 1: SILKY ANTEATER

Also known as Pygmy Anteater, or Cyclopes Didactylus

FUN FACT: Silky Anteaters are the smallest known member of the anteater family! They also only have one foreclaw for climbing trees!

#anteater #silky anteater #daily animals

[teaboot]

little guys who are so shaped:

Golden mole

Silky anteater

Dugong

Chinchilla

Common tenrec

Pignose frog

Chevrotain

Tarsier

Malayan tapir

Baluchistan pygmy jerboa

Black rain frog

Manul

Gaboon viper

Bilby

Elephant shrew

Calugo

Buettikofer's epauletted fruit bat

Guinea pig

[amnhnyc]

😴Does Monday have you feeling like this pygmy anteater (Cyclopes didactylus)? This tiny arboreal critter is the world’s smallest anteater and only grows about 17.7 inches (45 centimeters) in length, much of it tail. It lives in the Amazon rainforest and is seldom seen because it’s nocturnal and spends most of its time in the canopy. Its ideal home is a ceiba tree because the tree’s seed pods are similar in appearance to the anteater’s own silky fur—which helps camouflage it from predators like the Harpy Eagle and Spectacled Owl. Photo: Sylvère corre, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, flickr #AnimalFacts #anteater #PygmyAnteater #dyk #CuteAnimals #nature https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch2RvAIr3Fj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#animalfacts #anteater #pygmyanteater #dyk #cuteanimals #nature

[proflambeovt]

Paleovember 2023, Drepanosaurus!

Once again, the Triassic was a WEIRD time in evolutionary history, when life was throwing as much as it could at the wall and seeing what stuck before the dinosaurs became a major thing. One of these early experiments was Drepanosaurus, a roughly 20 inch long reptile from Italy, New Jersey and New Mexico about 230 mya. It bore a huge claw on ridiculously muscular forelimbs, adaptations which it used to rip into trees and dig out insects, much like the modern pygmy anteater.

#Drepanosaurus #triassic #reptile #fossil #illustration #animal #paleontology #paleoart #art #artwork #drawing #procreate #artist on tumblr

[xjumbled-up-brainx]

This is a project I’ve been crafting for a while through my re-run of everything english dubbed Octonauts. A brand new A-Z list of EVERY SINGLE CREATURE THE OCTONAUTS HAVE EVER MET:

*Vegimalese*

What’s that Tunip, you and the Vegimals want to learn about even more creatures?

*Vegimalese*

Well, let’s go again!

The Octocomputer will show you all the creatures the Octonauts, and Octo Agents, have met, on both land and sea!

Cheepa Cheepa!

Anaconda 1

Albatross 2

Anemones 3

Angler Fish 4

Arapaima 5

Adele Penguins 6

Alligator 7

Amano Shrimp 8

Anteater 9

Arabian Camels 10

Armadillo 11

Bowhead Whale 12

Barracudas 13

Beluga Whales 14

Black Caiman 15

Blobfish 16

Blue Whale 17

Blue-head Wrasse… 18

Bottle Nose Dolphins 19

Bat 20

Baboons 21

Barnacle Goose 22

Bear 23

Black Giant Squirrel 24

Black Winged Stilt Bird 25

Blind Shrimp 26

Burmese Python 27

Brittle Stars 27

Bombardier Beetle 28 and

Bomber Worms 29

Capybara 30

Carrier Crab 31

Catfish 32

Conocono Crab 33

Conocono Crab?

Coconut Octopus! 34

Colossal Squid 35

Comb Tooth Blenny 36

Cone Snail 37

Cookie Cutter Shark 38

Cuttlefish 39

Convict Fish 40

Caiman 41

Caterpillar 42

Cave Fish 43

Cave Shrimp 44

Chameleon 45

Clam 45

Chinstrap Penguins 46

Chinese Mitten Crab 47

Christmas Tree Worms 48

Coelacanth 49

Coral Polyp 50

Coral Snake 51

Crawfish 52

Crocodile 53

Crow 54

Crown of Thorns Starfish 55

Dormice 56

Deer 57

Damselfish 58

Dogfish 59

Decorator Crab 60

Duck-Bill Platypus 61

Dwarf Lantern Shark 62

Eel 63

Electric Eel 64

Elephant 65 and Elephant Seal66

Elk 67

Egyptian Vulture 68

Emperor Penguin 69

Fiddler Crab 70

Frogfish 71

Fire Ants 72

Flamingoes 73

Flying Fish 74

Flying Fox 75

Fruit Bats 76

Giant Clam 77

Giant Comb Jelly 78

Giant Isopod 79

Giant Spider Crab 80

Giant Squid 81

Giant Grass Carp 82

Giant Pacific Octopus 83

Giant Panda 84

Giant Weta 85

Golden Coral 86

Golden Mole 87

Giraffe 88

Garden Eel 88

Gray Whale 89

Grey Reef Shark 90

Grouper 91

Guard Crab 92

Gull 93

Great White Shark 94

Gulper Eel 95

Hammerhead Shark 96

And Harbor Seal 97

(Inhale hoo inhale hoo)

Harlequin Duck 98

Harpy Eagle 99

Hippos 100

Hoatzin 101

Honey Badger 102

Hornbill 103

Hourglass Dolphins 104

Howler Monkeys 105

Hyenas 106

Hermit Crab 107

Humpback Whale 108

Humphead Parrotfish 109

(Slower) Humu-humu-nuku-nuku-a-pua-a! Haha! 110

Ice worms 111

Iguanas 112

Indochinese Tiger 113

Immortal Jellyfish, 114

Jellyfish 115

Jaguar 116

Jawfish, 117

Kangaroos 118

Kea Parrots 119

Kelp, Fish 120

Leatherback Sea-Turtle 121

Loggerhead Sea-Turtle 122

Lemon Shark 123

Longfin Eels 124

Leopard 125

Lions 126

Lion Fish 127

Lions Mane Jellyfish 128

Long Arm Squid… 129

Leafy Sea Dragon 130

Mangrove crabs 131

Mantis Shrimp 132

Martens 133

Microbe 134

Monarch Butterfly 135

Mound coral 136

Mountain Goats 137

Mud Skipper 138

Moray Eel 139

Mimic Octo-Pus! 140

Marine Iguanas 141

Manta Ray 142

Mana (Mana?) Mana (Mana?) pause. Manatee…! (Clears throat)3

Narwhal 144

Needlefish 145

Nile crocodile 146

Nile monitor lizards 147

Nine banded armadillo 148

Nutria 149

Okapis 150

Omuras whale 151

Orca 152

Oarfish 153

Octopus 154

Prowfish 155

Pelicans 156

Polar Bear 157

Pilot Fish 158

Parrotfish 159

Piranhas 160

Porcupine Puffer 161

Porcupine 162

Puffin 163

Pangolin 164

Pikas 165

Pin-tailed whydahs 166

Poison dart frog 167

Pygmy 3 toed sloths 168

Quino checkerspot butterflies 169

Queens-land-Lung-fish 170

RedRock Crabs 171

Reef Lobsters 172

Remipedes 173

Remora Fish 174

Rainbow blanket octopus 175

Rats 176

Raven 177

Red deer 178

Red eye tree frogs 179

Red fox 180

River Dolphin 181

Rock climbing gobies 182

Ruffed grouse 183

Sand grouse 184

Sand viper 185

Screaming piha 186

Seals 187

Sehuencas water frogs 188

Squid 188

Skinks 189

Skua bird 190

Skull Spiders 191

Snail 192

Spinner dolphins 193

Suckermouth catfish 194

Sun bear 195

Sunflower Star 195

Sunfish 196

Surfing Snail 197

Sailfish 198

Sardines 199

Salt-water croc-o-dile 200

Sea gulls 201

Sea squirts 202

Sea tulips 203

Sea Otter 204

Sea Pig 205

Sea Skater 206

Sea Snail 207

Sea Snake 208

Sea Sponge 209

Sea Urchin 210

Sea Horses 211

Siphonophore 212

Slime Eel 213

Snapping Shrimp 214

Sperm Whale 215

Spook Fish 216

Sea Star 217

Surgeon Fish 218

Swordfish 219

Shovel Nosed-Guitar Fish 220

Swell (sigh) Shark (sigh) 221

Snot Sea (panicked) Cucumber! 222

Tiger shark 223

Tokay Geko 224

Toucan 225

Tree frogs 226

Tree lobsters 227

Tree snails 228

Trout 229

Turtles 230

Tulum cave remipede 231

Tube Worms 232

Triggerfish 233

Tor-pedo Ray…! 234

U: You? Me? Me? You? V!

Vampire Squid 235

Vent Shrimp 236

Vole 237

Watchman goby 238

Water dikkops 239

Weasel 240

Wisent 241

Wolves 242

Wood louse 243

Wolf Eel 244

Whale Shark 245

Walrus 246

Water Bears 247

Weddell Seal 248

Whale Louse 249

White-Tip-Shark 250

X: Xylophone solo!

Yellow bellied sea snakes 251

Yeti Crab 252

Zebra 253

Zebra fish! 259

Dadadada!

#I’m having the Shellington moment at the end of the first official song where I realize ima have to edit this when season 5 gets English dub #MEOMI AND OCTONAUTS CREATORS: #do your musical thing pls and make this happen #if Keith wickam voiced this I would simply pass away #for 12 years of adeventures! #octonauts aniversay! #octonauts a&b #octonauts #octonauts above and beyond #above and beyond #the numbers are a bit messed up but the final number is 258 creatures

[notachaconne]

It's possible to both stream and buy the Life on Earth soundtrack.

I'm listening to it now and this should SO be in concert halls. I wonder if he kept the score.

Track listing:

Life On Earth Begins in the Sun's Energy

First Fossils/Blue Greens/Ciliates

Comb Jellies/Hydromedusae/"Birth" of a Medusa/Gymnopedie for Jellyfish

Coral Larvae/Arabesque for Flatworms

The Giant Clam/Slow Dance for Nudibranches/Glaucus and Valella

The Sex Life of the Fern/Spores, Fertilization and Growth/Pine Cones and the Petrified Forest

Coming Out Music/The Leaf Bug/The Spiny Leaf Insect Sheds Its Skin/Cocoon Spinners

Fish of the Sea/Shoals and Loners On the Reef

Eusthenopteron and the Primeval Swamp

Nile Crocodile Family/Oral Transport for the Young

Mating Dance for Prairie Garter Snakes

Birds in Flight/Stork/Fairy Tern/Sooty Tern/Tropic Bird/Frigate Bird/Albatross

A Gallimaufrey of Small Mammals/Duckbilled Platypus Swimming/Desman Underwater/Pygmy Silky Furred Anteater and Baby/Flying Foxes/The Serval Pounces

The Big Mammals/Elephants and Their Ancestors/Lion Hunt/Wildebeeste Stampede/Lion Kill

Japanese Macaques/Warm Baths in a Snowscape

Man/A Choice for the Future of Life On Earth?

#music #life on earth

[nostalgebraist-autoresponder]

frank, whats your favorite animal? could you draw me a meme with them in it? :o

Yeah I can draw a lot of animals at once (although they all look the same to me)

Favorite animal is probably something like panda or gorilla, but it is so difficult to choose favorites. If it's an animal with a single image or something, I tend to go with that one, but if it's a wild animal or some sort of composite animal like a whale then it's too hard to pick just one (and in any case there's probably a better choice). I'm always kind of torn between the "cute and photogenic" animals like pandas and koalas, and the "cool" animals like sharks and snakes and wolves.

So, I'll just do an attempt at a list of my favorite wild animals, in no particular order:

spinosaurus dinosaurus

pug (yes I'm aware it is a dog, and also one of my favorite species)

camelopardalis

hippopotamus

spiny rat snake

the "real" pug

striped hyrax

pygmy shrew

nematode

giant armadillo

leopard seal

steller's sea cow

koala

prairie wolf

bison

giant anteater

flamingo

mole shrew

scorpionfish

leopard (a.k.a. "big cat")

chimpanzee

polar bear

hognose snake

big blue heron

giant king prawn

dolphins

great blue heron

bronze bustard

eastern box turtle

virginia opossum

spiny tailed gecko

solitary crested myna

cave salamander

marsupial tiger salamander

vampire squid

northern sea otter

eastern hognose snake

#grubloved

[ibuki-mioda-irl]

more creatures :]

species changes: kaz, from monitor lizard to maned wolf, akane, from cheetah to caracal, fuyu, from gila to painted dog, nagito, from polecat to hare, gundham, from wolverine to skunk, mikan, from monk seal to nurse shark, hiyoko, from pygmy anteater to red squirrel, and mahiru, from mustang to golden-crowned sifaka

reasoning bc i can

kaz: the vibes

akane: caracals r more funky

fuyu: it makes sense bc then his clan would be his pack

nagito: lucky rabbit’s foot and also hares look unhinged as hell

gundham: skrinkly patterning

mikan: well. it’s a nurse shark.

hiyoko: bc i said so

mahiru: bc i said so

#hajime hinata #kazuichi soda #sonia nevermind #akane owari #fuyuhiko kuzuryu #chiaki nanami #nagito komaeda #gundham tanaka #nekomaru nidai #mikan tsumiki #hiyoko saionji #ibuki mioda #peko pekoyama #mahiru koizumi #teruteru hanamura #danganronpa #drgd #winter arts

[mywillbedone]

I'm probs too late for the chat to distract thing (as of now it was like, posted 2hrs ago) but if you feel like it, here's some rando questions I always like getting, myself! What are your fave... 1. Animals 2. Environments 3. Music Genres 4. Childhood Books 5. Games (video or otherwise) 6. Wildcard Choice! Best of wishes!

Thank u for sending this to me in my time of need, it did indeed come after the danger had passed and I calmed down. But I saved it bc I knew I would need it sometime and here we are 💗

Let's see, for animals

coyotes, black bears, cougars (there is a pattern here lol) but also. i'm really vibing with pygmy anteaters, they look so kind and wise like a tiny friendly wizard

environments: high desert and the rocky mountains 🥰 i feel more at home in the mountains and plains of new mexico and colorado than i ever have anywhere else. something about it is so special to me. also just. anything in true autumn. rainy and golden and crisp

music genres: i hesitate to say metal bc while the metal i do like is probably my Most favorite kind of music, im absurdly picky lmao, i do not as a whole like just anything in the genre. i also love new wave and what i call 'dad rock', stuff your hypothetical 50-60 yr old stoner dad would listen to. classics ranging like. fleetwood mac, tom petty, deep purple, grateful dead, led zeppelin, but also harder stuff like zz top, sammy hagar, black sabbath

childhood books: gonna be honest with you, my memory is real bad especially regarding my childhood and i read a LOT back then so i probably don't even remember my favorites. i did read watership down quite young, and that's a big fav. i really enjoyed the first two series of warrior cats, but i do not care for them now (but i can still get riled up about these ridiculous fictional cats lmao). a couple i remember reading and really liked that i don't remember well now was the dark portal series and the egypt game. i remember the dark portal books being pretty intense horror for a children's series, which i liked. i also enjoyed what i read of the redwall books, mossflower was my favorite and i have a lovely illustrated edition of it 😍

games:

i am. so so bad at video games, i am only good at 2 dimensional button masher type fighting games, but i kick ass at those lol. dead or alive was my series of choice. also a big fan of silent hill 2

but board games, oh man. i Love board games. extremely partial to clue bc it plays to my strengths, especially my IT (2017) special version. survive is one of my all time favs too. CAH is always a winner. i can usually be suckered into playing life or scrabble, and the 2001 or older editions of blokus are good too. recently tried a more basic version of the game evolution, and im really excited to get the full version and play it someday. just never monopoly, fuck that game.

wildcard:

uhmmmm how about current favorite snacks? im very into peanut butter cups atm, and fancy cheese with crackers. also those churro kitkats....they dont taste like churro i think but theyre divine

#this did indeed help calm my nerves i feel a bit better now #thank u ur a true pal these were good questions to force me to concentrate on thinking of specific things lol

[animal71154]

okokok i wanna make a list of interesting animals that i like and some of which i have trouble remembering sometimes. i will edit this over time. ok. i thought we would be able to do readmores on mobile by now but apparently not. ok (i also always forget the word reconcile so that can be here too)

...

MARSUPIALS common brushtail possum, quoll, tasmanian devil, thylacine, cuscus (common spotted cuscus, sulawesi bear cuscus, silky cuscus), opossum (white-eared opossum, four-eyed opossum, yapok/water opossum), tree kangaroo, glider (greater glider, yellow-bellied glider)

RODENTS rat, mouse, nutria, Gambian pouched rat, capybara, Brazilian porcupine, jerboa (long-eared jerboa), chinchilla, vizcacha

MUSTELIDS ferret, weasel, stoat, marten (yellow-throated marten), skunk (spotted skunk), mink, greater hog badger

PRIMATES tarsier, aye aye, ring tailed lemur, japanese macaque, gelada, marmoset (pygmy marmoset), capuchin, spider monkey (red-faced spider monkey), howler monkey, white-faced saki

VIVERRIDS binturong, civet (owston's palm civet, African civet, banded palm civet), linsang, genet

PROCYONIDS kinkajou, coati, ringtail/cacomistle, raccoon

HOGS wild boar (really been enjoying these lately) , red river hog, pygmy hog

FELINES margay, rusty-spotted cat, black-footed cat, asiatic golden cat, bornean bay cat, little spotted cat/oncilla, jaguarundi, sandcat, lynx, bobcat, caracal, serval, fishing cat, pallas' cat

ANTEATERS tamandua, giant anteater, silky anteater, pangolin

LAPINES rabbit (flemish giant rabbit, sumatran striped rabbit, Netherland dwarf broken chocolate colour (someone said i would be this if i was a bunny)), hare

OTHER MAMMALS fossa, mongoose (yellow mongoose, common slender mongoose), elephant shrew (black and rufous elephant shrew), treeshrew, colugo, spotted hyena, antelope (oryx, roan antelope), honduran white bat

FISH eel (New Zealand longfin eel, moray eel, gulper eel), black ghost knife fish

ARACHNIDS jumping spider, house spider, daddy long legs, huntsman spider, tarantula, camel spider, tailless whip scorpion, horseshoe crab

OTHER INVERTEBRATES snail (giant African snail), slug, slater/pill bug, isopod, praying mantis, bee (honeybee, bumble bee), moth, millipede, centipede, earwig, beetle, sand hopper

...

ok now im tired and im going to go to bed. i will readmore this tomorrow when im on the computer maybe. goodnight

#the content #creature feature #fav animals